Plasma Fatty Acid Composition Was Associated with Apelin Gene Expression in Human Adipose Tissues
Table 1
The biochemical and anthropometric characteristics of study participants stratified by median of total plasma free fatty acids.
Total
Total plasma free fatty acids
value
Lower median
Upper median
Age (years)
41.1 (13.2)
42.9 (10.4)
39.2 (13.1)
0.069
Female (%)
75.0
79.5
71.5
0.164
Body mass index (kg/m2)
35.6 (10.3)
33.7 (10.4)
37.6 (9.9)
0.011
Fasting plasma glucose (mg/d)
88.8 (18.7)
88.2 (19.2)
89.4 (18.3)
0.673
Fasting plasma insulin (μU/ml)
12.3 (10.7)
10.6 (11.2)
14.0 (10.1)
0.034
Insulin resistant (%)
31.3
23.9
38.6
0.035
Physical activity (MET/week)
567 (163-1531)
540 (179-1793)
585 (107-1415)
0.714
Dietary intake
Total energy intake (kcal)
2881 (1000)
2812 (939)
2951 (1059)
0.356
Fat (% energy)
31.0 (6.0)
31.2 (6.0)
30.9 (6.1)
0.727
Saturated fatty acids (% energy)
9.6 (2.6)
10.0 (2.7)
9.3 (2.6)
0.116
Monounsaturated fatty acid (% energy)
10.2 (2.2)
10.4 (2.2)
10.1 (2.3)
0.343
Polyunsaturated fatty acid (% energy)
6.2 (1.7)
6.4 (1.6)
6.2 (1.7)
0.437
Plasma fatty acids
Saturated fatty acids
2.2 (1.4)
1.32 (0.54)
3.12 (1.55)
<0.001
Lauric acid, C:12
0.07 (0.07)
0.06 (0.06)
0.09 (0.07)
<0.001
Myristic acid, C:14
0.32 (0.35)
0.20 (0.14)
0.45 (0.45)
<0.001
Pentadecanoic acid, C15
0.10 (0.13)
0.04 (0.07)
0.16 (0.15)
<0.001
Palmitic acid, C:16
0.86 (0.51)
0.56 (0.24)
1.17 (0.54)
<0.001
Heptadecanoic acid, C:17
0.28 (0.51)
0.08 (0.13)
0.46 (0.66)
<0.001
Stearic acid, C:18
0.50 (0.31)
0.33 (0.12)
0.68 (0.33)
<0.001
Lignoceric acid, C:24
0.07 (0.09)
0.04 (0.07)
0.10 (0.09)
<0.001
Monounsaturated fatty acid
1.9 (1.9)
0.88 (0.42)
2.92 (2.27)
<0.001
Palmitoleic acid, C16:1
0.29 (0.19)
0.21 (0.12)
0.37 (0.21)
<0.001
Oleic acid, C18:1
1.42 (1.77)
0.36 (0.38)
2.21 (2.20)
<0.001
Cis heptadecanoic acid, C17:1
0.19 (0.57)
0.05 (0.15)
0.34 (0.77)
<0.001
Polyunsaturated fatty acid
4.7 (3.90)
2.62 (1.02)
6.79 (4.52)
<0.001
Linoleic acid, C18:2
3.40 (3.66)
1.60 (0.87)
5.10 (4.40)
<0.001
Linolenic acid, C18:3
0.15 (0.09)
0.12 (0.08)
0.18 (0.09)
<0.001
Gamma linolenic acid, C18:3
0.13 (0.09)
0.10 (0.08)
0.16 (0.08)
<0.001
Eicosadienoic acid, C20:2
0.02 (0.04)
0.01 (0.03)
0.03 (0.05)
0.022
Eicosatetrienoic acid, C20:3
0.27 (0.15)
0.23 (0.11)
0.32 (0.16)
<0.001
Arachidonic acid, C20:4
0.45 (0.29)
0.35 (0.21)
0.10 (0.09)
<0.001
Eicosapentaenoic acid, C20:5
0.07 (0.09)
0.04 (0.07)
0.10 (0.09)
<0.001
Docosahexaenoic acid, C22:6
0.20 (0.12)
0.16 (0.09)
0.24 (0.13)
<0.001
Data are presented as mean (SD) or median (25-75 percentile) for quantitative variables according to their distribution and percent for categorical variables.
