The Fatty Acid Profile in Patients with Newly Diagnosed Diabetes: Why It Could Be Unsuspected

Table 2

Plasma fatty acids.

Plasma FA	NOD			Diabetes (D)			Controls (C)			NPT
		Mean	SD		Mean	SD		Mean	SD	NOD versus D	NOD versus C	C versus D
										Sat. FA	8	35,12	3,33	34	31,77	2,87	10	34,45	1,39	0,009	0,897	0,004
Omega-3	8	4,37	1,05	34	4,21	0,98	10	3,76	0,52	0,44	0,043	0,085
Omega-6	8	34,82	4,18	34	39,11	3,85	10	34,97	2,87	0,012	0,829	0,001
LA/ALA	7	220,45	86,35	28	184,82	101,94	9	498,84	285,05	0,199	0,042	0,002

NOD: new onset diabetes; Sat. FA: saturated fatty acids; SD: standard deviation; NPT: nonparametric test.