Table 1 |
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Correlation between fatty acids extracted from whole blood and dried blood spots (n = 19) |
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Pearson correlation coefficient 'r' |
Intraclass correlation coefficient (95% CI) |
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Total saturated fatty acid |
0.827 |
0.880 (0.688 – 0.954) |
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Total monounsaturated fatty acid (cis) |
0.883 |
0.937 (0.837 – 0.976) |
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Total polyunsaturated fatty acid (cis) |
0.804 |
0.890 (0.715 – 0.957) |
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Total monounsaturated fatty acid (trans) |
0.701 |
0.805 (0.493 – 0.925) |
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Total polyunsaturated fatty acid (trans) |
0.692 |
0.776 (0.418 – 0.913) |
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Gupta et al. Nutrition Journal 2009 8:35 doi:10.1186/1475-2891-8-35 |
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