Serum Fatty Acids, Traditional Risk Factors, and Comorbidity as Related to Myocardial Injury in an Elderly Population with Acute Myocardial Infarction

Table 3

Coefficients of correlations¹ between the selected fatty acids (% of total fatty acids in serum phospholipids) and peak Troponin T (ng/L) during index myocardial infarction.

Eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA)
n-3 (20:5)
Docosahexaenoic acid (DHA)
n-3 (22:6)
Linoleic acid (LA)
n-6 (18:2)
Arachidonic acid (AA)
n-6 (20:4)
n6/n3 ratio

Spearman’s rho are given.