Serum phospholipid fatty acids, dietary patterns and type 2 diabetes among urban Ghanaians

Jannasch, Franziska; Bedu-Addo, George; Schulze, Matthias B.; Mockenhaupt, Frank P.; Danquah, Ina

doi:10.1186/s12937-017-0286-x

Nutrition Journal

Table 4 Distributions of 28 serum phospholipid fatty acids across tertiles of exploratory dietary patterns in 653 urban Ghanaians

From: Serum phospholipid fatty acids, dietary patterns and type 2 diabetes among urban Ghanaians

Fatty acids (% of total fatty acids)	“purchase” pattern score				“traditional” pattern score
Fatty acids (% of total fatty acids)	Tertile 1	Tertile 2	Tertile 3	p for trend	Tertile 1	Tertile 2	Tertile 3	p for trend
Saturated fatty acids	52.1 (2.68)	51.9 (2.78)	51.8 (2.15)	0.06	52.1 (2.61)	51.8 (2.63)	51.8 (2.54)	0.01
C14:0	0.39 (0.13)	0.39 (0.13)	0.39 (0.13)	0.61	0.38 (0.13)	0.40 (0.15)	0.39 (0.12)	0.90
C15:0	0.15 (0.05)	0.15 (0.05)	0.15 (0.05)	0.78	0.14 (0.05)	0.15 (0.06)	0.15 (0.04)	0.45
C16:0	32.3 (2.03)	32.4 (1.99)	32.5 (1.89)	0.76	32.5 (1.94)	32.3 (2.05)	32.4 (1.83)	0.44
C17:0	0.41 (0.14)	0.38 (0.11)	0.37 (0.10)	0.002	0.38 (0.13)	0.39 (0.13)	0.38 (0.10)	0.45
C18:0	18.6 (2.23)	18.3 (2.28)	18.5 (2.29)	0.34	18.7 (2.08)	18.2 (2.45)	18.4 (2.04)	0.15
C20:0	0.18 (0.09)	0.17 (0.08)	0.17 (0.07)	0.18	0.19 (0.09)	0.17 (0.08)	0.17 (0.06)	0.01
C22:0	0.03 (0.03)	0.03 (0.02)	0.03 (0.02)	0.90	0.02 (0.02)	0.03 (0.03)	0.03 (0.02)	0.07
C24:0	0.02 (0.01)	0.03 (0.01)	0.03 (0.01)	0.76	0.02 (0.01)	0.02 (0.01)	0.03 (0.01)	0.07
Mono-unsaturated fatty acids	12.1 (2.07)	12.0 (2.15)	11.6 (1.70)	0.61	11.7 (1.97)	11.9 (1.88)	12.0 (2.02)	0.14
C16:1n7c^a	0.57 (0.33)	0.50 (0.32)	0.46 (0.29)	0.30	0.49 (0.33)	0.51 (0.32)	0.52 (0.31)	0.88
C18:1n9c^a	9.83 (1.81)	9.77 (1.73)	9.63 (1.68)	0.70	9.59 (1.80)	9.67 (1.66)	9.88 (1.77)	0.25
C18:1n7c^a	1.46 (0.46)	1.39 (0.43)	1.36 (0.39)	0.98	1.39 (0.50)	1.41 (0.38)	1.42 (0.42)	0.91
C20:1n9	0.12 (0.05)	0.13 (0.04)	0.13 (0.03)	0.92	0.12 (0.03)	0.13 (0.04)	0.12 (0.04)	0.97
C24:1n9	0.03 (0.03)	0.03 (0.02)	0.03 (0.02)	0.14	0.03 (0.02)	0.03 (0.02)	0.03 (0.02)	0.31
n-3 poly-unsaturated fatty acids	9.47 (3.36)	8.81 (2.76)	7.96 (3.03)	<.0001	8.36 (3.11)	8.75 (3.00)	9.09 (2.82)	0.50
C18:3n3	0.09 (0.05)	0.09 (0.04)	0.09 (0.03)	0.91	0.08 (0.03)	0.09 (0.05)	0.09 (0.04)	0.07
C20:5n3	2.01 (1.28)	1.80 (1.15)	1.55 (1.13)	0.01	1.65 (1.25)	1.90 (1.16)	1.83 (1.22)	0.93
C22:5n3	1.07 (0.41)	0.94 (0.39)	0.87 (0.38)	0.06	0.90 (0.43)	0.97 (0.43)	0.99 (0.37)	0.42
C22:6n3	6.40 (2.13)	5.93 (1.75)	5.22 (1.83)	0.001	5.73 (2.13)	5.83 (1.84)	6.05 (1.81)	0.50
n-6 poly-unsaturated fatty acids	25.4 (3.97)	26.7 (3.63)	28.0 (3.82)	<.0001	26.8 (3.78)	26.3 (4.95)	26.7 (3.46)	0.46
C18:2n6c^a	14.8 (4.02)	16.3 (3.92)	18.1 (3.31)	0.001	16.8 (4.32)	16.1 (4.95)	16.5 (3.73)	0.82
C18:3n6	0.08 (0.04)	0.08 (0.05)	0.08 (0.04)	0.47	0.08 (0.04)	0.08 (0.04)	0.08 (0.05)	0.25
C20:2n6	0.26 (0.10)	0.26 (0.10)	0.25 (0.09)	0.92	0.24 (0.11)	0.25 (0.10)	0.27 (0.09)	0.02
C20:3n6	2.38 (1.04)	2.44 (0.89)	2.20 (0.93)	0.76	2.28 (1.01)	2.36 (1.00)	2.45 (0.94)	0.07
C20:4n6	6.83 (1.93)	6.75 (1.84)	6.74 (1.66)	0.76	6.69 (1.94)	6.76 (1.74)	6.88 (1.56)	0.50
C22:4n6	0.17 (0.08)	0.17 (0.09)	0.17 (0.08)	0.14	0.16 (0.08)	0.17 (0.08)	0.17 (0.08)	0.23
C22:5n6	0.15 (0.08)	0.14 (0.07)	0.14 (0.07)	0.98	0.14 (0.08)	0.14 (0.07)	0.15 (0.07)	0.45
Trans fatty acids	0.22 (0.09)	0.22 (0.06)	0.22 (0.07)	0.30	0.22 (0.08)	0.22 (0.07)	0.22 (0.06)	0.96
C16:1n7t^b	0.03 (0.03)	0.03 (0.03)	0.03 (0.03)	0.98	0.02 (0.03)	0.03 (0.03)	0.03 (0.02)	0.25
C18:1n7t^b	0.02 (0.02)	0.02 (0.02)	0.02 (0.02)	0.70	0.02 (0.02)	0.02 (0.02)	0.02 (0.02)	0.50
C18:1n9t^b	0.03 (0.02)	0.03 (0.02)	0.03 (0.02)	0.84	0.03 (0.02)	0.03 (0.02)	0.03 (0.02)	0.23
C18:2n6t^b	0.13 (0.05)	0.13 (0.05)	0.13 (0.05)	0.34	0.13 (0.06)	0.13 (0.05)	0.12 (0.05)	0.45

Data are shown as median (interquartile range). Fatty acids were Box-Cox-transformed and trend tests were corrected for multiple testing by False-Discovery-Rate
^acis-configuration
^btrans-configuration

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