Expression profile of polyunsaturated fatty acids in colorectal cancer

Table 5 Relationships between fatty acid composition and tumor-associated factors in colorectal carcinoma tissue

		COX2	PGE2	PDGF	VEGF
LA	R	-0.3244	-0.1310	-0.2758	-0.1495
	P value	0.0316	0.3966	0.0700	0.3327
AA	R	0.2101	0.2663	0.1299	0.2448
	P value	0.1711	0.0806	0.4009	0.1093
AA/LA	R	0.3001	0.1855	0.1900	0.1892
	P value	0.0478	0.2280	0.2167	0.2188
ω-6 PUFAs	R	-0.2121	0.1661	-0.2373	0.0394
	P value	0.1670	0.2813	0.1209	0.7995
AA/ω-6	R	0.3083	0.2007	0.2251	0.2098
PUFAs	P value	0.0418	0.1915	0.1418	0.1717

LA: Linoleic acid; AA: Arachidonic acid; PUFAs: Polyunsaturated fatty acids; PGE-2: Prostaglandin E2; PDGF: Platelet-derived growth factor; VEGF: Vascular endothelial growth factor; COX-2: Cyclooxygenase-2.