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Table 2 Average levels of fatty acids extracted from adipose tissue lipids in patients without gastric ulcer according to CLO status. (N = 30)1

From: Fatty acid composition of subcutaneous adipose tissue and gastric mucosa: is there a relation with gastric ulceration?

Abdominal tissue

Fatty acid

CLO + (N = 7)

CLO - (N = 23)

95% Confidence interval.

p-value

 

Mean (SE)

Mean (SE)

  

n-3*

1.02 (0.065)

1.27 (0.054)

-0.469 to -0.038

0.023

C12:0

0.34 (0.091)

0.19 (0.020)

0.026 to 0.274

0.019

C20:0

0.16 (0.016)

0.12 (0.009)

0.001 to 0.075

0.044

C20:4n-6

0.32 (0.040)

0.44 (0.026)

-0.224 to -0.009

0.035

C20:3n-3

0.03 (0.005)

0.05 (0.004)

-0.035 to -0.001

0.037

C20:5n-3

0.02 (0.002)

0.04 (0.003)

-0.026 to -0.006

0.002

C22:4

0.03 (0.002)

0.04 (0.003)

-0.023 to -0.003

0.012

C22:5n-3

0.11 (0.011)

0.18 (0.011)

-0.107 to -0.023

0.004

C22:6n-3

0.10 (0.008)

0.19 (0.015)

-0.142 to -0.031

0.003

Buttock tissue

Fatty acid

CLO + (N = 7)

CLO - (N = 23)

95% Confidence interval.

p-value

 

Mean (SE)

Mean (SE)

  

C12:0

0.26 (0.061)

0.16 (0.017)

0.004 to 0.186

0.042

C20:0

0.13 (0.014)

0.09 (0.005)

0.017 to 0.065

0.001

C16:1n-7c

0.79 (0.048)

0.93 (0.034)

-0.268 to -0.003

0.046

C20:1

0.44 (0.034)

0.38 (0.013)

0.003 to 0.123

0.039

C20:3n-6

0.20 (0.029)

0.27 (0.016)

-0.138 to -0.007

0.030

C20:4n-6

0.34 (0.051)

0.45 (0.026)

-0.217 to 0.001

0.050

C22:5n-3

0.13 (0.012)

0.18 (0.011)

-0.090 to -0.011

0.015

C22:6n-3

0.12 (0.013)

0.18 (0.012)

-0.112 to -0.021

0.006

  1. * sum of n-3 fatty acids
  2. 1 Only comparisons that are statistically significant at the 5% level are presented in the above Table (p < 0.05)