Research Article

Serum Paraoxonase 1 Activity Is Associated with Fatty Acid Composition of High Density Lipoprotein

Table 1

Comparison of HDL fatty acid composition between groups.

Fatty acidsGroup 1
HDL ≤ 39
Group 2
39 < HDL ≤ 49
Group 3
49 < HDL
value
(G1 & G2)
value
(G1 & G3)
value
(G2 & G3)

SFA 0.0000.0050.581
 C14:0 (myristic acid) 0.0880.0020.416
 C16:0 (palmitic acid) 0.1540.3000.924
 C18:0 (stearic acid) 0.0000.0040.354
 C20:0 (arachidic acid) 0.9210.8950.998
UFA 0.0000.0050.581
MUFA 0.6890.9950.749
 C14:1 (myristoleic acid) 0.1850.2090.997
 C16:1 (palmitoleic acid) 0.3570.9940.307
 C18:1n9c (oleic acid) 0.7480.9750.867
PUFA 0.0090.0310.889
 C18:3n3 (ALA) 0.1360.7750.431
 C20:3n3 (ETE) 0.0500.0360.313
 C20:5n3 (EPA) 0.0700.8110.015
 C22:6n3 (DHA) 0.6640.5130.129
 C18:2n6c (LA) 0.9970.8340.800
 C20:3n6 (DGLA) 0.9840.7270.830
 C20:4n6 (AA) 0.0260.0000.217

SFA : UFA 0.0000.0040.562
SFA : MUFA 0.0300.3650.446
SFA : PUFA 0.0000.0090.630
Total 3 0.2980.3670.015
Total 6 0.2080.0040.293
6 :  3 ratio 0.6710.1340.018
AA : EPA 0.9500.0060.016
EPA : DHA 0.1250.9550.068

ALA: α-linolenic acid, ETE: eicosatrienoic acid, EPA: eicosapentaenoic acid, DHA: docosahexaenoic acid, LA: linoleic acid, DGLA: dihomo-gamma-linolenic acid, AA: arachidonic acid, SFA: saturated fatty acids, UFA: unsaturated fatty acids, MUFA: monounsaturated fatty acids, PUFA: polyunsaturated fatty acids. Data are expressed as mean ± SE and indicated the percent of fatty acid to total fatty acids.