Fatty Acids in Habitual Diet, Plasma Phospholipids, and Tumour and Normal Colonic Biopsies in Young Colorectal Cancer Patients
Table 3
Median (25th, 75th quartile) fatty acid concentrations of plasma phospholipids (PL) (weight%) in colorectal cancer patients separated by low and high dietary daily intake (<0.82 and 0.82+ g/day) ()a.
Fatty acids in plasma PL (weight%)
Subjects with dietary EPA + DHA intake <0.82 g/day ()
Subjects with dietary EPA + DHA intake 0.82+ g/day ()
value
18:2-6 (LA)
21.1 (18.4, 23.6)
19.5 (17.3, 21.4)
0.12
20:4-6 (AA)
9.4 (7.8, 10.4)
8.9 (7.9, 11.3)
0.96
Sum LA + AA
31.3 (28.7, 32.5)
29.1 (27.5, 31.1)
0.05
20:5-3 (EPA)
1.2 (1.0, 1.6)
1.6 (1.1, 2.3)
0.06
22:6-3 (DHA)
5.1 (4.4, 6.3)
6.3 (5.5, 7.6)
0.004
Sum
6.4 (5.6, 7.7)
7.8 (6.8, 9.6)
0.006
Ratio AA/EPA
7.7 (5.7, 9.6)
5.5 (4.1, 8.0)
0.05
Ratio -3/-6 fatty acids
0.21 (0.18, 0.27)
0.27 (0.23, 0.35)
0.006
aAbbreviations are as follows: AA: arachidonic acid; DHA: docosahexaenoic acid; EPA: eicosapentaenoic acid; LA: linoleic acid; PL: phospholipids.
