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

Table 4 Fatty acid profiles in patients who had reduced steatosis by two degrees (n = 13)

Name of fatty acid (μg/mL)	Before diet		After diet		P value
	Median (IQR)	Mean ± SD	Median (IQR)	Mean ± SD
C12:0 (lauricacid)	0.0037 (0.009)	0.004 ± 0.00251	0.0023 (0.0012)	0.0047 ± 0.002	NS
C14:0 (myristicacid)	0.0323 (0.026)	0.034 ± 0.016)	0.0199 (0.0055)	0.0337 ± 0.021	NS
C14:1 (palmitoleicacid)	0.0017 (0.0009)	0.0022 ± 0.0012	0.0011 (0.0006)	0.0021 ± 0.0024	NS
C15:0 (pentadecanoate acid)	0.0105 (0.0095)	0.0021 ± 0.007	0.0058 (0.0045)	0.0075 ± 0.001	NS
C16:0 (palmiticacid)	0.9432 (0.3451)	0.8542 ± 0.2357	0.623 (0.3112)	0.7332 ± 0.3912	NS
C16:1 (palmitoleicacid)	0.0919 (0.0343)	0.0843 ± 0.0299	0.0444 (0.0157)	0.0609 ± 0.0424	P < 0.05
C17:0 (heptadecanoicacid)	0.0129 (0.079)	0.1105 ± 0.0898	0.0111 (0.0076)	0.1014 ± 0.0732	NS
C18:0 (stearicacid)	0.2653 (0.089)	0.2712 ± 0.1792	0.2476 (0.1354)	0.2412 ± 0.1277	NS
C18:1n-9 (oleic acid)	0.7595 (0.3613)	0.7568 ± 0.4556	0.4984 (0.2611)	0.6265 ± 0.2341	NS
C18:1 (vaccenicacid)	0.076 (0.0236)	0.0665 ± 0.036	0.0553 (0.0217)	0.0549 ± 0.04	NS
C18:2n6 (linoleicacid)	0.8 (0.2755)	0.7514 ± 0.356	0.5315 (0.19)	0.6677 ± 0.3183	NS
C18:3n-6 (gamma linolenic acid)	0.0094 (0.0052)	0.0106 ± 0.0095	0.0073 (0.0026)	0.0094 ± 0.0051	NS
C18:3n-3 (linolenicacid)	0.0243 (0.0088)	0.0236 ± 0.0137	0.0195 (0.0078)	0.0225 ± 0.1647	NS
C18:4 (stearidonicacid)	0.0056 (0.003)	0.0052 ± 0.0032	0.0034 (0.041)	0.0042 ± 0.0014	NS
C20:4 (arachidonicacid)	0.1899 (0.0822)	0.1720 ± 0.0924	0.1465 (0.0825)	0.1564 ± 0.089	NS
C20:5 (eicosapentaenicacid)	0.0284 (0.0109)	0.0315 ± 0.009	0.0233 (0.0124)	0.0249 ± 0.018	NS
C22:0 (behenicacid)	0.0119 (0.0055)	0.0147 ± 0.0083	0.0113 (0.0056)	0.0107 ± 0.007	NS
C22:1n13 (erucate acid)	0.0162 (0.0004)	0.007 ± 0.002	0.0143 (0.0242)	0.0102 ± 0.0032	NS
C23:0 (tricosanoicacid)	0.0035 (0.0005)	0.0324 ± 0.0017	0.0035 (0.0008)	0.0033 ± 0.0016	NS
C22:4n6 (docosatetraenoate acid)	0.0058 (0.0022)	0.0056 ± 0.0038	0.0044 (0.0029)	0.005 ± 0.0034	NS
C22:5w3 (docosapentaenate acid)	0.0169 (0.0087)	0.0172 ± 0.005	0.013 (0.0077)	0.01615 ± 0.01	NS
C22: 6w3 (docosahexanoate acid)	0.07 (0.038)	0.0679 ± 0.0541	0.0695 (0.047)	0.0585 ± 0.0222	NS
C24:1 (nervonicacid)	0.003 (0.0029)	0.0031 ± 0.0071	0.002 (0.0016)	0.0024 ± 0.0011	NS
C26:0 (cerolicanid acid)	0.0093 (0.0013)	0.0091 ± 0.0042	0.0078 (0.005)	0.0082 ± 0.0067	NS

IQR: Interquartile range.