Table 2 Circulating fatty acids of the study patients

Caproic acid (C6:0)

0.5 (2.3)

0.5 (2.4)

0.6 (1.9)

0.808

Caprylic acid (C8:0)

0.5 (2.8)

0.5 (2.6)

1.1 (4.0)

0.245

Capric acid (C10:0)

1.0 (2.9)

0.9 (2.7)

1.4 (4.1)

0.383

Undecyl acid (C11:0)

1.4 (1.9)

1.4 (1.8)

1.3 (2.3)

0.662

Lauric acid (C12:0)

5.4 (8.0)

5.3 (7.5)

6.1 (11.0)

0.640

Tridecyl acid (C13:0)

2.5 (2.5)

2.6 (2.5)

2.0 (2.8)

0.230

Myristic acid (C14:0)

27.4 (16.8)

27.6 16.9)

25.8 (16.4)

0.603

Myristoleic acid (C14:1(9c))

4.9 (5.5)

5.1 (5.6)

3.7 (4.5)

0.226

Pentadecanoic acid (C15:0)

6.0 (2.7)

6.2 (2.6)

4.8 (2.9)

0.011

Pentadecenoic acid (C15:1)

6.0 (2.7)

2.3 (28.5)

0.0 (0.0)

0.691

Palmitic acid (C16:0)

743.5 (314.8)

747.9 (315.9)

715.4 (312.4)

0.626

Palmitoleic acid (C16:1(9c))

47.6 (37.2)

46.3 (34.3)

55.2 (51.9)

0.259

Stearic acid (C18:0)

212.7 (84.4)

216.2 (86.1)

190.3 (70.2)

0.147

Petroselinic acid (C18:1(6c))

821.7 (438.0)

815.8 (435.6)

858.6 (460.4)

0.645

Oleic acid (C18:1(9c))

1009.0 (853.4)

1052.2 (886.2)

736.7 (543.4)

0.040

Vaccenic acid (C18:1(11 t))

27.5 (150.3)

31.9 (161.4)

0.0 (0.0)

0.316

(C18:1(11c))

57.3 (33.0)

58.1 (31.7)

52.6 (40.8)

0.431

Linolelaidic acid (C18:2(9t12c))

80.9 (257.0)

86.5 (268.8)

45.9 (164.0)

0.455

Linoleic acid (C18:2(9c12c))

868.1 (370.9)

878.8 (381.4)

800.5 (293.6)

0.319

C18:3(9t12t15c) + C18:3(9t12c15t)

7.1 (9.4)

7.6 (9.6)

3.9 (7.5)

0.032

ɤ- Linolenic acid (C18:3n6)

5.2 (4.7)

5.5 (4.6)

3.5 (5.2)

0.021

C18:3(9c12t15t) + C18:3(9c12c15t)

9.5 (7.4)

10.0 (7.2)

6.3 (7.9)

0.009

C18:3(9c12t15c)

0.9 (2.4)

0.8 (2.3)

1.5 (2.6)

0.149

C18:3(9t12c15c)

1.9 (7.0)

2.1 (7.5)

0.5 (2.4)

0.276

α-Linolenic acid (C18:3(9c12c15c))

22.2 (10.4)

22.8 (10.5)

18.8 (8.7)

0.034

Arachidic acid (C20:0)

0.4 (2.2)

0.5 (2.4)

0.0 (0.0)

0.330

Eicosenoic acid (C20:1)

6.7 (3.8)

7.1 (3.5)

4.3 (4.3)

<  0.001

Eicosadienoic acid (C20:2)

9.5 (4.3)

9.9 (4.2)

7.5 (4.1)

0.007

Eicosatrienoic acid (C20:3 (11,14,17))

0.1 (0.9)

0.1 (0.9)

0.0 (0.0)

0.692

Dihomo-gamma-linolenic acid (C20:3n6)

27.6 (10.7)

28.0 (10.3)

24.9 (12.9)

0.176

Arachidonic acid (C20:4n6)

157.6 (69.6)

164.8 (66.0)

112.3 (75.3)

<  0.001

Eicosapentaenoic acid (C20:5n3)

42.0 (24.5)

41.1 (27.1)

47.5 (29.8)

0.271

Heneicosylic acid (C21:0)

4.5 (4.7)

5.1 (4.7)

1.2 (3.1)

<  0.001

Behenic acid (C22:0)

13.2 (8.6)

14.0 (8.3)

8.7 (9.2)

0.004

Erucic acid (C22:1n9)

1.9 (4.5)

2.0 (4.6)

1.3 (3.6)

0.432

Docosadienoic acid (C22:2)

5.9 (5.9)

6.1 (6.0)

5.1 (4.7)

0.455

Docosahexaenoic acid (C22:6n3)

146.1 (63.9)

147.1 (64.1)

140.0 (63.7)

0.593

Tricosanoic acid (C23:0)

16.1 (7.2)

16.8 (6.8)

11.5 (7.7)

<  0.001

Lignoceric acid (C24:0)

13.0 (13.3)

13.7 (13.4)

8.6 (11.9)

0.033

Nervonic acid (C24:1)

3.4 (6.0)

3.7 (6.2)

1.9 (3.6)

0.159