Table 2

Percentage composition of fatty acids of LDL, HDL2 and HDL3 in 59 healthy subjects.


Women

Men
Fatty acid
 LDL
 HDL2
 HDL3
 LDL
 HDL2
 HDL3
14:0
 0.80 ± 0.22
 0.67 ± 0.19
 0.61 ± 0.17
 0.97 ± 0.29*
 0.94 ± 1.41***
 0.76 ± 0.26*
16:0
 19.50 ± 1.27
 22.68 ± 1.41
 22.45 ± 1.51
 19.39 ± 1.23
 22.79 ± 1.30
 22.25 ± 1.10
16:1(n-7)
 2.28 ± 0.64
 1.72 ± 0.51
 1.69 ± 0.51
 2.22 ± 0.79
 1.82 ± 0.71
 1.87 ± 1.21
18:0
 5.44 ± 0.58
 8.18 ± 0.91
 8.24 ± 0.90
 5.71 ± 0.35
 8.41 ± 0.67
 8.71 ± 0.60
18:1T
 0.35 ± 0.11
 0.38 ± 0.12
 0.36 ± 0.12
 0.38 ± 0.15
 0.45 ± 0.19
 0.42 ± 0.16
18:1(n-9)
 21.44 ± 1.63
 17.79 ± 1.21
 16.91 ± 1.02
 21.12 ± 2.37
 19.62 ± 3.09
 17.77 ± 2.29
18:2(n-6)
 34.92 ± 2.88
 30.20 ± 2.93
 30.71 ± 3.00
 34.92 ± 4.16
 28.38 ± 3.90
 29.41 ± 3.72
18:3(n-3)
 0.87 ± 0.22
 0.67 ± 0.18
 0.65 ± 0.18
 0.87 ± 0.20
 0.77 ± 0.23
 0.69 ± 0.18
18:3(n-6)
 0.43 ± 0.14
 0.28 ± 0.09
 0.28 ± 0.01
 0.53 ± 0.26
 0.34 ± 0.20
 0.35 ± 0.20
20:0
 0.31 ± 0.04
 0.26 ± 0.03
 0.22 ± 0.03
 0.26 ± 0.04***
 0.23 ± 0.03***
 0.19 ± 0.02**
20:3(n-6)
 1.22 ± 0.29
 1.85 ± 0.44
 1.97 ± 0.49
 1.34 ± 0.26
 1.86 ± 0.39
 2.09 ± 0.40
20:4(n-6)
 5.40 ± 0.91
 7.08 ± 1.04
 7.70 ± 1.20
 5.53 ± 1.14
 6.67 ± 1.42
 7.64 ± 1.49
20:5(n-3)
 1.12 ± 0.59
 1.28 ± 0.67
 1.38 ± 0.75
 1.26 ± 0.59
 1.33 ± 0.55
 1.50 ± 0.59
22:0
 0.91 ± 0.10
 0.75 ± 0.13
 0.63 ± 0.14
 0.86 ± 0.11
 0.60 ± 0.12
 0.55 ± 0.13
22:5(n-3)
 0.40 ± 0.11
 0.65 ± 0.16
 0.68 ± 0.16
 0.47 ± 0.07**
 0.74 ± 0.12*
 0.82 ± 0.11**
22:6(n-3)
 2.18 ± 0.50
 3.46 ± 0.73
 3.70 ± 0.79
 1.96 ± 0.53
 3.25 ± 0.86
 3.37 ± 0.88
24:0
 0.84 ± 0.07
 0.65 ± 0.09
 0.56 ± 0.08
 0.83 ± 0.14
 0.63 ± 0.13
 0.56 ± 0.12
24:1(n-9)
 1.59 ± 0.21
 1.43 ± 0.23
 1.23 ± 0.21
 1.39 ± 0.28**
 1.17 ± 0.24**
 1.04 ± 0.19*
ΣSAFA
 27.82 ± 1.21
 33.21 ± 1.16
 32.77 ± 1.23
 27.88 ± 1.18
 33.54 ± 1.50
 32.94 ± 1.12
ΣMUFA
 25.33 ± 2.03
 20.98 ± 1.54
 19.86 ± 1.34
 24.48 ± 2.67
 22.28 ± 3.16
 20.51 ± 2.63
ΣPUFA
 46.51 ± 2.55
 45.44 ± 2.00
 47.02 ± 1.82
 47.26 ± 3.66
 43.75 ± 4.13
 46.14 ± 3.48
PI
 83.2 ± 7.4
 96.1 ± 8.3
 101.2 ± 9.3
 83.7 ± 9.2
 92.2 ± 12.0
 99.2 ± 10.9

Values are mean ± SD. * p < 0.05. ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001 compared to women. ΣSAFA, sum of percentages of saturated fatty acids, ΣMUFA, sum of percentages of monounsaturated fatty acids, ΣPUFA, sum of percentages of polyunsaturated fatty acids, PI, peroxidizability index (see methods).

Solakivi et al. Lipids in Health and Disease 2005 4:25   doi:10.1186/1476-511X-4-25