Structural Equation Modeling for Analyzing Erythrocyte Fatty Acids in Framingham
Table 3
Structural equation model M7 factor loadings () and standardized fatty acid means ().
Fatty acids
Men
Women
PUFA*
SAT
TRANS
Mean
PUFA*
SAT
TRANS
Mean
Ln(C18:3n3)
0.257
0.138
0.070
−0.186
0.370
0.149
0.114
0.149
Ln(C20:5n3)
0.847
0
0
−0.043
0.844
0
0
0.036
C22:6n3
0.815
−0.373
0
0
0.801
−0.335
0
0
C20:4n6
−0.634
−0.289
−0.215
0
−0.667
−0.285
−0.204
0
C22:4n6
−0.837
0
0
0.168
−0.814
0
0
−0.138
C22:5n6
−0.806
0
0
0.083
−0.788
0
0
−0.069
C14:0
0
0.633
0.056
−0.221
0
0.781
0.105
0.178
C16:0
0
0.754
−0.227
0
0
0.808
−0.290
0
C18:0
0
−0.524
0
0.072
0
−0.681
0.084
−0.054
C16:1
0
0.723
0
−0.209
0
0.812
0
0.169
C16:1t
0
0
0.499
−0.070
0
0
0.540
0.057
C18:1t
0
−0.114
0.888
0
0
−0.168
0.843
0
C18:2t
0
0.248
0.728
−0.065
0
0.239
0.738
0.053
Factor correlations ()
Factor
PUFA
1
0.190
−0.323
1
0.249
−0.385
SAT
0.190
1
−0.160
0.249
1
0.003
TRANS
−0.323
−0.160
1
−0.385
0.003
1
Direction of signs is arbitrary; the signs for the PUFA loadings and factor correlations have been reversed in this table to make more n3 fatty acid positively associated with the PUFA FACTOR.
