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Table 3 Associations between fatty acids and markers of insulin resistance in healthy young Caucasian adults (n = 461)

From: Ethnic- and sex-specific associations between plasma fatty acids and markers of insulin resistance in healthy young adults

 

HOMA-IR

Insulin (log)

Glucose

 

r2

P-value

r2

P-value

r2

P-value

14:0

0.17

< 0.0001

0.19

0.0001

0.08

0.0390

15:0

0.16

0.0022

0.17

0.0073

0.08

0.0376

16:0

0.15

0.0089

0.17

0.0780

0.08

0.0214

16:1c9

0.15

0.1443

0.16

0.5274

0.07

0.3644

18:0

0.15

0.0216

0.16

0.1018

0.10

0.0007

18:1t6-8

0.16

0.0015

0.17

0.0437

0.07

0.4216

18:1t9

0.15

0.0334

0.16

0.1003

0.07

0.3634

18:1t10

0.16

0.0041

0.17

0.0089

0.08

0.1178

18:1t11

0.16

0.0006

0.18

0.0029

0.09

0.0136

18:1c9

0.15

0.0122

0.16

0.0848

0.09

0.0017

18:1c11

0.14

0.2349

0.16

0.6690

0.08

0.0314

18:1c12

0.16

0.0038

0.17

0.0118

0.07

0.4610

18:2c9t12

0.15

0.0405

0.17

0.0690

0.07

0.3508

18:2t9c12

0.15

0.0394

0.16

0.1262

0.15

0.0754

18:2n6

0.15

0.1586

0.16

0.4673

0.10

0.0005

18:3n6

0.14

0.3024

0.16

0.5425

0.08

0.0865

18:3n3

0.15

0.0239

0.16

0.0804

0.09

0.0051

18:2c9t11

0.16

0.0020

0.17

0.0073

0.08

0.0480

20:2n6

0.15

0.0731

0.16

0.2296

0.08

0.0915

20:3n6

0.15

0.0135

0.17

0.0609

0.07

0.3305

20:4n6

0.14

0.7651

0.16

0.7115

0.08

0.0125

20:5n3

0.15

0.1953

0.16

0.4116

0.07

0.2991

22:5n3

0.14

0.5481

0.16

0.722

0.07

0.2311

22:6n3

0.14

0.6422

0.16

0.3711

0.07

0.992

  1. Bold font indicates fatty acids which demonstrated statistically significant associations that satisfied a Bonferroni correction for multiple testing. r2 = Pearson’s correlation coefficient. HOMA-IR = Homeostasis Model of Assessment of Insulin Resistance.