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

Table 3

Bivariate correlations between serum PON1 activity and fatty acid composition of HDL particles between groups.

Fatty acids (percent of total FA)	Serum PON1 activity
	Group 1 (HDL ≤ 39)	Group 2 (39 < HDL ≤ 49)	Group 3 (49 < HDL)
SFA	0.021	−0.147	0.038
C14:0 (myristic acid)	0.155	−0.296^∗	−0.074
C16:0 (palmitic acid)	−0.044	−0.192	0.078
C18:0 (stearic acid)	−0.060	0.133	0.078
C20:0 (arachidic acid)	0.006	−0.315^∗	−0.106
UFA	−0.021	0.147	−0.038
MUFA	0.487^∗∗	−0.184	−0.126
C14:1 (myristoleic acid)	0.106	−0.342^∗	−0.168
C16:1 (palmitoleic acid)	0.457^∗∗	−0.058	−0.203
C18:1 (oleic acid)	0.474^∗∗	−0.189	−0.099
PUFA	−0.211	0.251	0.033
C18:3n3 (ALA)	−0.235	−0.301^∗	0.112
C20:3n3 (ETE)	−0.141	−0.297^∗	0.130
C20:5n3 (EPA)	0.352^∗	−0.295^∗	−0.106
C22:6n3 (DHA)	−0.260	0.191	−0.077
C18:2n6c (LA)	−0.332^∗	−0.145	0.201
C20:3n6 (DGLA)	0.402^∗∗	0.144	0.136
C20:4n6 (AA)	0.222	0.425^∗∗	−0.250
SFA : UFA ratio	−0.006	−0.144	0.040
SFA : MUFA ratio	−0.414^∗∗	0.082	0.165
SFA : PUFA ratio	0.091	−0.215	0.008
Total 𝜔3 fatty acids	−0.231	0.002	−0.086
Total 𝜔6 fatty acids	−0.037	0.177	0.074
𝜔6 : 𝜔3 ratio	0.190	−0.054	0.127
AA : EPA ratio	−0.227	0.205	0.047
EPA : DHA ratio	0.339	−0.310^∗	−0.007

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.
(*Significant at the level of 0.05).
(**Significant at the level of 0.01).