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Table 2 Lipid ratios among preterm infants on establishment of enteral feeds (PEF) and term infants

From: A comparative analyses of lipid ratios representing desaturase enzyme activity between preterm and term infants within the first ten weeks of life

VARIABLES

PEF

TAB

Z score

P

T2W

Z score

P

T6W

Z score

P

D9D

PC(32:1)/PC(32:0)

0.43 (0.21)

0.43

(0.17)

-0.92

0.36

0.27

(0.11)

-5.88

<ā€‰0.001

0.24

(0.13)

-6.59

<ā€‰0.001

D5D

PC(38:4)/PC(38:3)

3.08 (1.22)

6.05

(3.87)

-7.11

<ā€‰0.001

3.88

(3.36)

-3.21

<ā€‰0.05

3.59

(1.05)

-3.98

<ā€‰0.001

D5D

PC(36:4)/PC(36:3)

1.23 (0.32)

2.21

(1.06)

-7.64

<ā€‰0.001

1.39

(0.34)

-3.09

<ā€‰0.05

1.28

(0.26)

-1.37

0.17

D6D

PC(36:3)/PC(36:2)

0.53 (0.12)

0.59

(0.13)

-4.11

<ā€‰0.001

0.46

(0.07)

-4.36

<ā€‰0.001

0.39

(0.05)

-8.81

<ā€‰0.001

D6D

TG(52:3)/TG(52:2)

0.72 (0.16)

0.33

(0.25)

-9.04

<ā€‰0.001

0.39

(0.21)

-8.66

<ā€‰0.001

0.52

(0.24)

-6.13

<ā€‰0.001