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Table 1 General characteristics of study population compared by sex and separated by ethnicity

From: Ethnicity, sex, FADS genetic variation, and hormonal contraceptive use influence delta-5- and delta-6-desaturase indices and plasma docosahexaenoic acid concentration in young Canadian adults: a cross-sectional study

 

Caucasians

East Asians

Males

Females

p-value

Males

Females

p-value

Population (#)

113

SEM

298

SEM

 

98

SEM

277

SEM

 

Age (yrs)

23.1

0.2

23.1

0.1

0.87

22.4

0.2

22.1

0.1

0.26

BMI (kg/m2)

23.3

0.3

23.1

0.2

0.54

23.2

0.3

21.2

0.1

<0.01*

HOMA-IR

1.2

0.1

1.4

0.1

0.02*

1.4

0.1

1.5

0.1

0.84

Glucose (mmol/L)

4.9

0.1

4.7

<0.1

<0.01*

5.0

<0.1

4.7

<0.1

<0.01*

Insulin (pmol/L)

37.1

2.1

47.4

1.7

<0.01*

45.7

2.3

48.1

2.9

0.62

Total cholesterol (mmol/L)

4.0

0.1

4.4

0.1

<0.01*

4.1

0.1

4.3

<0.1

<0.05*

HDL-cholesterol (mmol/L)

1.4

<0.1

1.7

<0.1

<0.01*

1.4

<0.1

1.7

<0.1

<0.01*

LDL-cholesterol (mmol/L)

2.1

0.1

2.2

<0.1

0.32

2.3

0.1

2.2

<0.1

0.24

Triglycerides (mmol/L)

1.0

0.1

1.0

<0.1

0.86

1.0

0.1

1.0

<0.1

0.19

Free fatty acids (μmol/L)

454

24.6

489

14.2

0.21

453

21.4

521

15.4

0.02*

% Total energy from fat

27.4

0.6

27.9

0.4

0.56

26.3

0.5

26.2

0.3

0.98

  1. Statistical differences were determined using Student’s t-test. The * denotes p-values which are significant.
  2. Abbreviation: SEM standard error of the mean.
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