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

Table 3

Plasma fatty acid profile.

Plasma fatty acid profile	New onset diabetes			Diabetes			Controls			NPT
		Mean	SD		Mean	SD		Mean	SD	Nod versus D	Nod versus C	C versus D
										Butyric acid	8	1,55	2,31	34	0,78	1,18	10	1,19	0,74	0,199	0,515	0,058
Caproic acid	6	0.03	0.02	29	0.07	0.04	9	0.03	0.01	0.014	0.955	0.004
Lauric acid	7	0.14	0.11	11	0.06	0.02	9	0.10	0.07	0.056	0.408	0.056
Myristic acid	8	1.05	0.55	34	0.67	0.30	10	0.83	0.25	0.037	0.408	0.096
Pentadecanoic acid	8	0.28	0.12	32	0.29	0.26	10	0.29	0.14	0.415	0.762	0.358
Palmitic acid	8	23.82	2.36	34	21.01	1.71	10	22.99	1.48	0.001	0.515	0.002
Palmitoleic acid	8	1.71	0.80	34	1.03	0.38	10	1.75	0.44	0.022	0.515	0.0004
Heptadecanoic acid	8	0.29	0.07	34	0.25	0.07	10	0.24	0.05	0.114	0.068	0.710
Stearic acid	8	7.86	0.98	34	8.47	1.56	10	8.62	0.71	0.210	0.083	0.945
Oleic acid	8	22.92	2.52	34	22.35	4.87	10	24.04	1.67	0.320	0.315	0.031
Linoleic acid	8	26.82	3.55	34	30.72	3.67	10	27.87	3.00	0.012	0.573	0.041
-Linolenic acid	8	0.54	0.20	34	0.50	0.12	10	0.64	0.32	0.937	0.515	0.066
ALA	7	0.14	0.08	28	0.20	0.09	9	0.08	0.06	0.104	0.042	0.0002
Arachidonic acid	8	7.23	1.45	34	7.70	1.69	10	6.22	0.85	0.304	0.101	0.001
DHA	8	2.12	0.75	34	1.95	0.74	10	1.35	0.33	0.582	0.016	0.002

ALA: -linolenic acid; NPT: nonparametric test.