Retrospective Study
Copyright ©The Author(s) 2015.
World J Gastroenterol. Feb 28, 2015; 21(8): 2405-2412
Published online Feb 28, 2015. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v21.i8.2405
Table 3 Fatty acid composition (by percentage) in colorectal carcinoma cancerous tissue and adjacent normal tissue
Fatty acidAdjacent normal tissueCancerous tissueP value
LA (%)18.30 ± 2.8315.46 ± 3.510.00
DGLA (%)0.85 ± 0.291.32 ± 0.690.00
AA (%)7.32 ± 2.737.62 ± 2.480.41
Total ω-6 PUFAs (%)26.77 ± 3.3724.64 ± 3.410.00
ALA (%)0.09 ± 0.120.10 ± 0.130.32
EPA (%)0.25 ± 0.170.24 ± 0.180.72
DPA (%)0.43 ± 0.200.49 ± 0.250.02
DHA (%)1.11 ± 0.501.33 ± 0.630.00
Total ω-3 PUFAs (%)1.35 ± 0.601.58 ± 0.740.00
ω-6/ω-3PUFAs3.88 ± 0.434.94 ± 0.550.02
AA/LA0.42 ± 0.190.53 ± 0.220.00
AA/ω-6 PUFAs0.27 ± 0.100.31 ± 0.090.00