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15 February 2021: Human Study

Relationship Between Composition of Fatty Acid in Platelet Phospholipid Membrane and Markers of Oxidative Stress in Healthy Men and Men After a Myocardial Infarction

Inga Bikulčienė 1ABCDEF* , Neda Garjonytė 1CDF , Vytautas Žėkas 1B , Rėda Matuzevičienė 1CD , Živilė Žymantienė 2B , Aldona Baublytė 3CG , Vaiva Hendrixson 1E , Dovilė Karčiauskaitė 1ADG , Algirdas Utkus 4DG , Arvydas Kaminskas 1ADG

DOI: 10.12659/MSMBR.929634

Med Sci Monit Basic Res 2021; 27:e929634

Table 2 A comparison of the composition of fatty acids in the phospholipid membrane of platelets between post-myocardial infarction patients and the control group of healthy individuals.

FAs (provided by percentage of total amount)Median, minimum, maximumControl group of healthy individuals (N=79)Post-myocardial infarction patients (N=20)P value
C 14: 0* Median3.083.020.499
Minimum0.812.29
Maximum8.757.35
IQR1.992.08
C 16: 0Median47.0046.170.713
Minimum20.5323.76
Maximum65.1158.96
IQR13.7114.55
C 18: 0Median20.4718.470.217
Minimum8.766.92
Maximum43.8726.56
IQR6.116.57
C 16: 1ω7** Median1.462.220.117
Minimum0.180.52
Maximum15.726.03
IQR1.462.00
C 18: 1ω7Median1.241.550.057
Minimum0.130.54
Maximum6.903.00
IQR0.941.35
C 18: 1ω9Median7.116.210.971
Minimum0.461.91
Maximum22.0516.91
IQR7.457.51
C 20: 1ω9Median3.091.38
Minimum0.360.69
Maximum56.778.14
IQR3.460.91
C 18: 2ω6Median6.258.45
Minimum0.402.29
Maximum21.4615.27
IQR7.876.05
C 18: 3ω3Median1.551.290.917
Minimum0.030.30
Maximum21.665.55
IQR2.001.61
C 20: 4ω6Median0.902.02
Minimum0.020.67
Maximum9.106.65
IQR1.462.31
C 20: 5ω3Median0.380.88
Minimum0.050.46
Maximum3.751.84
IQR0.680.48
C 22: 5ω3Median0.510.860.084
Minimum0.020.19
Maximum2.762.54
IQR0.660.55
C 22: 6ω3Median0.621.12
Minimum0.020.18
Maximum3.952.51
IQR1.020.88
∑ SFA (C 14: 0 + C 16: 0 + C 18: 0)Median70.8669.340.547
Minimum31.1735.25
Maximum93.085.68
IQR21.4921.40
∑ MUFAMedian15.813.910.469
Minimum3.695.04
Maximum62.843.88
IQR9.847.99
∑ PUFAMedian10.9916.78
Minimum1.336.28
Maximum34.9725.64
IQR10.2710.37
∑ ω3Median3.854.360.144
Minimum0.591.88
Maximum25.4610.38
IQR3.413.16
∑ ω6Median7.4410.81
Minimum0.493.29
Maximum28.2818.90
IQR9.028.01
Ratio of ω3/ω6Median0.470.480.749
Minimum0.080.23
Maximum8.211.033
IQR0.840.37
Ratio of PUFA/SFAMedian0.150.25
Minimum0.010.07
Maximum0.70.59
IQR0.180.21
Ratio of C 18: 2ω6/ C 20: 4ω6Median6.123.20
Minimum0.541.19
Maximum118.021.61
IQR7.614.43
Ratio of C 18: 3ω3/ C 20: 5ω3Median3.651.76
Minimum0.040.38
Maximum83.319.10
IQR6.221.47
Ratio of C 20: 4ω6/ C 20: 5ω3Median1.981.490.861
Minimum0.090.72
Maximum17.7014.46
IQR2.942.38
SFAs – saturated fatty acids; MUFAs – monounsaturated fatty acids; PUFAs – polyunsaturated fatty acids; FAa – fatty acids;
* number of carbon atoms and double bonds;
** position of double bond between carbon atoms in the molecule; ∑ – total sum in percentages.

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