Table 2 Baseline fatty acid levels in healthy young adults of Caucasian, East Asian, and South Asian descent

Saturated fatty acids

14:0

16.31 ± 0.48^a

13.67 ± 0.54^b

15.26 ± 1.00^a,b

15:0

4.59 ± 0.09^a

3.85 ± 0.11^b

4.21 ± 0.20^a

16:0

422.74 ± 6.38^a,b

420.03 ± 7.20^a

400.01 ± 13.43^b

18:0

127.38 ± 1.61^a

135.49 ± 1.82^b

130.87 ± 3.39^a,b

Monounsaturated fatty acids

16:1c9

37.86 ± 0.96^a

34.71 ± 1.08^a

29.91 ± 2.02^b

18:1t6-8

2.08 ± 0.08^a

1.96 ± 0.08^a

2.03 ± 0.16^a

18:1t9

4.34 ± 0.13^a

4.06 ± 0.15^a

4.24 ± 0.28^a

18:1t10

4.37 ± 0.14^a

4.12 ± 0.16^a

4.08 ± 0.30^a

18:1t11

4.52 ± 0.12^a

4.06 ± 0.13^b

4.40 ± 0.24^a

18:1c9

365.19 ± 7.55^a

376.02 ± 8.52^a

341.75 ± 15.89^b

18:1c11

32.68 ± 1.03^a

35.55 ± 1.16^b

29.22 ± 2.17^c

18:1c12

4.50 ± 0.13^a

4.28 ± 0.15^a

3.76 ± 0.28^a

Polyunsaturated fatty acids

18:2c9t12

4.62 ± 0.18^a

4.04 ± 0.20^b

4.10 ± 0.37^a,b

18:2t9c12

2.58 ± 0.05^a

2.62 ± 0.06^a

2.57 ± 0.11^a

18:2n6

592.14 ± 7.58^a

645.99 ± 8.56^b

606.51 ± 15.97^a

18:3n6

6.55 ± 0.18^a

5.38 ± 0.20^b

7.94 ± 0.38^c

18:3n3

13.52 ± 0.30^a

14.99 ± 0.34^b

15.54 ± 0.64^b

18:2c9t11

4.70 ± 0.10^a

3.86 ± 0.11^b

4.28 ± 0.20^b

20:2n6

4.09 ± 0.08^a

4.26 ± 0.09^b

3.68 ± 0.17^c

20:3n6

26.01 ± 0.49^a

20.19 ± 0.56^b

24.06 ± 1.04^a

20:4n6

117.11 ± 1.72^a

111.56 ± 1.94^b

125.62 ± 3.61^a

20:5n3

10.77 ± 0.39^a

12.63 ± 0.44^b

10.89 ± 0.82^a,b

22:5n3

6.72 ± 0.14^a

7.28 ± 0.16^b

7.23 ± 0.30^a,b

22:6n3

27.54 ± 0.57^a

33.86 ± 0.64^b

25.51 ± 1.20^a