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

Table 8 Erythrocyte acyl chain composition in phospholipids and unsaturation index of control individuals, people with type 2 diabetes without retinopathy, and people with type 2 diabetes with retinopathy¹

Biochemical characteristics	Control individuals (n = 18)	Individuals with type 2 diabetes without retinopathy (n = 14)	Individuals with type 2 diabetes with retinopathy(n = 46)
Total SFAs (%)	42.0	44.2	46.9
Total MUFAs (%)	18.8	21.7	21.3
Total PUFAs (%)	38.0	31.9	29.5
UI	155.4	134.3	123.3

¹Ex-post calculations performed by the author (see appendix) are based on the original data listed by Koehrer et al[83]. The calculations of the biochemical characteristics are shown in Supplementary Tables 5 and 6. SFA: Saturated fatty acid; MUFA: Mono-unsaturated fatty acid; PUFA: Poly-unsaturated fatty acid; UI: Unsaturation index.