Fundamentals about onset and progressive disease character of type 2 diabetes mellitus

Table 5 Erythrocyte acyl composition of phospholipids and unsaturation index of control individuals, individuals with impaired glucose tolerance, and individuals with gestational diabetes mellitus¹

Biochemical characteristics	IGT			GDM
	Control persons(n = 42)	Persons with IGT (n = 28)	Δ (%)	Control persons(n = 61)	Persons with GDM(n = 53)	Δ (%)
PC
Total SFAs (%)	46.4	49.2	+ 6.0	42.5	48.3	+24.6
Total MUFAs (%)	17.8	19.1	+7.3	13.1	15.8	+20.6
Total PUFAs (%)	26.8	22.3	-12.5	37.2	31.1	-16.4
UI	92	79.5	-13.6	148.1	114.8	-22.5
PE
Total SFAs (%)	38.4	40.5	+5.5	24.6	27.2	+10.6
Total MUFAs (%)	27.5	30.1	+9.5	18.6	20.1	+8.1
Total PUFAs (%)	34.6	29.4	-15.0	37.8	33.7	-10.8
UI	167.4	147.1	-12.1	177.6	159.4	-10.2

¹Ex-post calculations performed by the author are based on the original data listed by Min et al[32,33]. The calculations of the biochemical characteristics are shown in Supplementary Tables 1 and 2. UI: Unsaturation index; IGT: Impaired glucose tolerance; GDM: Gestational diabetes mellitus; PC: Phosphatidylcholine; PE: Phosphatidylethanolamine; SFA: Saturated fatty acid; MUFA: Mono-unsaturated fatty acid; PUFA: Poly-unsaturated fatty acid.