Associations of Plasma Phospholipid Omega-6 and Omega-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid Levels and MRI Measures of Cardiovascular Structure and Function: The Multiethnic Study of Atherosclerosis

Table 4

Mean plasma phospholipid fatty acid quartile values, by gender. ^‡

Plasma fatty acid	Men				Women
	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4
AA	8.95 ± 0.18	10.70 ± 0.07	12.39 ± 0.07	15.21 ± 0.20	8.99 ± 0.17	10.61 ± 0.07	12.28 ± 0.07	15.18 ± 0.20
LA	17.46 ± 0.24	20.65 ± 0.10	22.74 ± 0.09	25.59 ± 0.31	17.37 ± 0.24	20.63 ± 0.09	22.70 ± 0.09	25.21 ± 0.29
EPA	0.4 ± 0.01	0.62 ± 0.01	0.95 ± 0.02	2.02 ± 0.25	0.41 ± 0.01	0.63 ± 0.01	0.93 ± 0.02	2.03 ± 0.25
DHA	2.54 ± 0.06	3.69 ± 0.04	4.76 ± 0.05	6.06 ± 0.22	2.64 ± 0.06	3.67 ± 0.04	4.77 ± 0.05	6.4 ± 0.22
ALA	0.10 ± 0.01	0.15 ± 0.01	0.19 ± 0.01	0.29 ± 0.02	0.10 ± 0.01	0.15 ± 0.01	0.19 ± 0.01	0.27 ± 0.02

^‡Mean ± SE, expressed as %total plasma phospholipid fatty acids and adjusted for age, race/ethnicity, BMI, current smoking status, education level, site, total:HDL cholesterol, systolic blood pressure, and total energy intake.
*AA, arachidonic acid; LA, linoleic acid; EPA, eicosapentaenoic acid; DHA, docosahexaenoic acid; ALA, alpha-linolenic acid.