Research Article
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 |
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ALA: -linolenic acid; NPT: nonparametric test.
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