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Table 5 Associations between fatty acids and markers of insulin resistance in healthy young South Asian adults (n = 104)

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

0.15

0.0518

0.10

0.0897

0.13

0.0164

15:0

0.12

0.4915

0.08

0.6001

0.08

0.5987

16:0

0.12

0.4176

0.08

0.6002

0.09

0.2739

16:1c9

0.12

0.6737

0.08

0.7724

0.09

0.2273

18:0

0.12

0.8328

0.08

0.9534

0.09

0.3685

18:1t6-8

0.12

0.4670

0.08

0.4406

0.14

0.0109

18:1t9

0.12

0.3505

0.08

0.2504

0.13

0.0145

18:1t10

0.11

0.5304

0.07

0.5077

0.12

0.2557

18:1t11

0.13

0.4832

0.08

0.5813

0.09

0.3856

18:1c9

0.13

0.2700

0.09

0.3395

0.08

0.3988

18:1c11

0.12

0.3661

0.08

0.4598

0.08

0.7893

18:1c12

0.12

0.8614

0.08

0.9561

0.08

0.7816

18:2c9t12

0.12

0.4865

0.08

0.7288

0.09

0.3157

18:2t9c12

0.12

0.6536

0.08

0.5053

0.09

0.2049

18:2n6

0.12

0.5885

0.08

0.7771

0.08

0.6857

18:3n6

0.12

0.5773

0.08

0.8202

0.09

0.2618

18:3n3

0.19

0.0057

0.14

0.0093

0.09

0.2911

18:2c9t11

0.12

0.2849

0.08

0.3788

0.04

0.3001

20:2n6

0.13

0.2273

0.09

0.2951

0.03

0.9353

20:3n6

0.13

0.1943

0.09

0.2922

0.03

0.9261

20:4n6

0.13

0.2706

0.10

0.1549

0.03

0.7612

20:5n3

0.12

0.8226

0.08

0.8758

0.04

0.5325

22:5n3

0.12

0.6271

0.08

0.7156

0.04

0.3235

22:6n3

0.12

0.3889

0.08

0.3763

0.04

0.5587

  1. r2 = Pearson’s correlation coefficient. HOMA-IR = Homeostasis Model of Assessment of Insulin Resistance.