Table 1 Pairwise correlations among the eight collected fatty acids

16:0

1.0000

18:0

−0.0923

1.0000

P = 0.0322

18:1

−0.8945

−0.0710

1.0000

P < 0.0001

P=0.0996

18:2

0.8857

0.0134

−0.9922

1.0000

P < 0.0001

ns

P < 0.0001

20:0

−0.0909

0.8962

−0.1347

0.0624

1.0000

P = 0.0349

P < 0.0001

P = 0.0017

ns

20:1

−0.4869

−0.5942

0.5227

−0.5285

−0.5060

1.0000

P<0.0001

P<0.0001

P<0.0001

P<0.0001

P<0.0001

22:0

0.0006

0.0323

−0.1885

0.1032

0.3298

0.3125

1.0000

ns

ns

P<0.0001

P=0.0165

P<0.0001

P<0.0001

24:0

−0.2037

−0.3561

0.0829

−0.1264

−0.1203

0.6881

0.6657

1.0000

P<0.0001

P<0.0001

ns

P = 0.0033

P = 0.0052

P<0.0001

P<0.0001