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Table 5 Comparison of the percentages of FFA in the plasma of men with CKD vs. women with CKD

From: The C18:3n6/C22:4n6 ratio is a good lipid marker of chronic kidney disease (CKD) progression

PARAMETER

WOMEN (CKD)

MEN (CKD)

p.value

MEAN

SD

MEAN

SD

C 8:0 Caprylic acid

0.0071

0.022

0.0073

0.033

NS

C10:0 Capric acid

0.8944

0.638

0.9849

0.624

NS

C11:0 Undecanoic acid

0.0209

0.13

0.0236

0.015

NS

C12:0 Lauric acid

0.1570

0.118

0.1460

0.117

NS

C14:0 Myristic acid

1.3306

0.605

1.3045

0.793

NS

C14:1 Myristolenic acid

0.0877

0.063

0.0788

0.073

NS

C15:0 Pentadecanoid acid

0.3476

0.133

0.3474

0.142

NS

C16:0 Palmitic acid

27.8720

2.781

28.6156

1.976

NS

C16:1 Palmitoleic acid

1.9987

0.678

1.8664

0.812

NS

C17:0 Heptadecanoid acid

0.3519

0.088

0.3413

0.082

NS

C17:1 cis-10- Heptadecanoid acid

0.1141

0.102

0.1155

0.088

NS

C18:0 Stearic acid

10.9030

1.855

11.4695

1.451

p < 0.05

C18:1n9 ct Oleic acid

22.8030

4.134

22.9331

3.232

NS

C18:1 tans vaccinic acid

1.9982

0.331

2.1048

0.304

p < 0.05

C18:2n6c Linoleic acid

17.8470

2.910

16.8563

3.385

NS

C18:3n6 gamma linoleic acid

0.2418

0.123

0.1980

0.090

p < 0.05

C18:3n3 linolenic acid

0.6727

0.307

0.6846

0.307

NS

C20:0 Arachidic acid

0.1449

0.051

0.1623

0.051

p < 0.05

C22:1/C20:1 cis11- eicosanic acid

0.2247

0.116

0.2369

0.079

NS

C20:2 cis-11-eicodienoic acid

0.1893

0.059

0.2041

0.063

NS

C20:3n6 eicosatrienoic acid

1.1222

0.294

1.0763

0.260

NS

C20:4n6 Arachidonic acid

5.9699

1.299

5.7957

1.278

NS

C20:5n3 EPA

0.7960

0.371

0.7535

0.466

NS

C22:0 Behenic acid

0.0545

0.041

0.0531

0.046

NS

C22:1n9 13 (Erucic acid

0.2412

1.025

0.2797

1.577

NS

C23:0 tricosanoic acid

0.2924

0.547

0.2310

0.400

NS

C22:4n6 (docosatetraenoate)

0.3395

0.223

0.3203

0.205

NS

C22:5w3 (docosapentaenate)

0.5866

0.128

0.5764

0.172

NS

C24:0 Lignoceric acid

0.4644

0.769

0.3034

0.852

NS

C22:6n3 DHA

2.0641

0.538

1.9231

0.660

NS

C24:1 Nervonic acid

0.0582

0.068

0.0573

0.075

NS

n3

3.9500

1.108

3.8038

1.234

NS

n6

24.8700

4.869

23.4958

4.914

NS

SFA

42.1493

6.306

42.9788

7.513

NS

MUFA

27.0751

5.744

27.0343

5.555

NS

PUFA

29.0583

5.268

27.6924

5.556

NS

C18:3n6/C22:4n6

2.8162

2.760

2.9674

2.551

NS