Fatty acid changes help to better understand regression of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

Table 3 Fatty acid profiles in patients who had reduced steatosis by one degree (n = 22)

Name of fatty acid (μg/mL)	Before diet		After diet		P value
	Median (IQR)	Mean ± SD	Median (IQR)	Mean ± SD
C12:0 (lauricacid)	0.0029 (0.0194)	0.003 ± 0.00175	0.004 (0.002)	0.0028 ± 0.0016	NS
C14:0 (myristicacid)	0.0315 (0.01038)	0.02727 ± 0.0152	0.0329 (0.0174)	0.0329 ± 0.0174	NS
C14:1 (palmitoleicacid)	0.0015 (0.0008)	0.0016 ± 0.0019	0.0017 (0.0014)	0.0018 ± 0.0013	NS
C15:0 (pentadecanoate acid)	0.008 (0.0035)	0.0076 ± 0.004	0.0072 (0.0035)	0.008 ± 0.0044	NS
C16:0 (palmiticacid)	0.7 (0.182)	0.6658 ± 0.3366	0.8514 (0.3692)	0.8056 ± 0.42	NS
C16:1 (palmitoleicacid)	0.0523 (0.0206)	0.0576 ± 0.0392	0.0834 (0.0782)	0.0762 ± 0.0524	NS
C17:0 (heptadecanoicacid)	0.015 (0.2529)	0.1534 ± 0.4572	0.0129 (0.0059)	0.1535 ± 0.3732	NS
C18:0 (stearicacid)	0.2222 (0.059)	0.2262 ± 0.1122	0.2712 (0.1128)	0.2654 ± 0.1277	NS
C18:1w9 (oleic acid)	0.6661 (0.1658)	0.5915 ± 0.3156	0.8 (0.3768)	0.7157 ± 0.3939	NS
C18:1 (vaccenicacid)	0.0573 (0.0103)	0.0543 ± 0.0289	0.0755 (0.0277)	0.063 ± 0.0302	NS
C18:2n6 (linoleicacid)	0.5825 (0.1895)	0.5398 ± 0.3929	0.8198 (0.3670)	0.7482 ± 0.3672	NS
C18:3n-6 (gamma linolenic acid)	0.0051 (0.0032)	0.0061 ± 0.0045	0.0096 (0.0074)	0.0096 ± 0.007	NS
C18:3n-3 (linolenicacid)	0.0244 (0.0056)	0.03 ± 0.0144	0.0291 (0.0055)	0.025 ± 0.127	NS
C18:4 (stearidonicacid)	0.0051 (0.003)	0.0045 ± 0.0021	0.0054 (0.013)	0.005 ± 0.0024	NS
C20:4 (arachidonicacid)	0.1596 (0.0431)	0.1650 ± 0.0841	0.1540 (0.0716)	0.1675 ± 0.1069	NS
C20:5 (eicosapentaenicacid)	0.022 (0.0021)	0.028 ± 0.0013	0.029 (0.0174)	0.032 ± 0.018	P < 0.055
C22:0 (behenicacid)	0.0117 (0.0043)	0.0099 ± 0.0051	0.0013 (0.0037)	0.0093 ± 0.0044	NS
C22:1n13 (erucate acid)	0.0029 (0.001)	0.006 ± 0.0062	0.0056 (0.0252)	0.0242 ± 0.0211	NS
C23:0 (tricosanoicacid)	0.0021 (0.0014)	0.0024 ± 0.0015	0.0025 (0.0009)	0.00217 ± 0.0011	NS
C22:4n6 (docosatetraenoicacid)	0.005 (0.002)	0.0045 ± 0.0025	0.0045 (0.0028)	0.0043 ± 0.0026	NS
C22:5w3 (docosapentaenoicacid)	0.0137 (0.0001)	0.0142 ± 0.0083	0.0242 (0.0072)	0.0215 ± 0.015	P < 0.05
C22:6w3 (docosahexaenoicacid)	0.0522 (0.0027)	0.0462 ± 0.0253	0.0639 (0.0277)	0.0923 ± 0.0953	P < 0.05
C24:1 (nervonicacid)	0.0023 (0.0029)	0.003 ± 0.0023	0.0028 (0.0013)	0.0031 ± 0.0026	NS
C26:0 (cerolicacid)	0.0072 (0.0112)	0.0117 ± 0.0098	0.0119 (0.0134)	0.0124 ± 0.0234	NS

IQR: Interquartile range.