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Table 1 All patients’ characteristics

From: Features of serum fatty acids in acute ischaemic stroke patients aged 50 years or older

 

n = 191

Age (m ± SD) years

74.4 ± 10.4 (min: 50, max: 104)

Male gender

121 (63.3%)

Height (m ± SD) cm

160.8 ± 9.4

Body Weight (MD, IQR) kg

60.0, 52.5–69.0

BMI (MD, IQR) kg/m2

23.1, 20.7–25.1

MBP (MD, IQR) mmHg

115, 101–128

Ischemic Stroke

Large-artery Atherosclelosis and Small-vessel Occlusion

n = 102

  Large-artery Atherosclelosis (LAA)

n = 52

  Small-vessel Occlusion (SVO)

n = 50

Cardioembolism and Others

n = 89

  Cardioembolism

n = 50

  TIA

n = 5

  not determined

n = 34

Glucose and Lipids

 BS (MD, IQR) mg/dl

120, 106–149

 HbA1c (MD, IQR) %

5.8, 5.6–6.3

 T-CHO (m ± SD) mg/dl

203.4 ± 40.2

 LDL-C (m ± SD) mg/dl

121.2 ± 33.5

 HDL-C (MD, IQR) mg/dl

56.1, 45.2–69.6

 TG (MD, IQR) mg/dl

94.5, 68.8–134.5

Saturated Fatty Acids

 lauric acid (LaA) (C12:0) (MD, IQR) μg/ml

1.2, 0.7–2.3

 myristic acid (MyA) (C14:0) (MD, IQR) μg/ml

18.7, 13.7–27.2

 palmitic acid (PA) (C16:0) (MD, IQR) μg/ml

680.7, 593.6–783.1

 stearic acid StA (C18:0) (MD, IQR) μg/ml

203.3, 175.4–233.3

 LaA (C12:0) (MD, IQR) %

0.04, 0.03–0.07

 MyA (C14:0) (MD, IQR) %

0.64, 0.51–0.88

 PA (C16:0) (m ± SD) %

23.7 ± 1.5

 StA (C18:0) (m ± SD) %

7.0 ± 0.8

n-9 Monounsaturated Fatty Acid

 oleic acid (OlA) (C18:1) (MD, IQR) μg/ml

602.5, 515.8–717.4

 OlA (C18:1) (m ± SD) %

21.3 ± 2.5

n-6 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids

 linoleic acid (LiA) (C18:2) (MD, IQR) μg/ml

795.2, 658.2–928.3

 dihomogammalinolenic acid (DGLA) (C20:3) (MD, IQR) μg/ml

28.1, 21.6–36.4

 arachidonic acid (AA) (C20:4) (MD, IQR) μg/ml

146.1, 122.1–169.9

 LiA (C18:2) (m ± SD) %

27.1 ± 3.4

 DGLA (C20:3) (m ± SD) %

0.99 ± 0.27

 AA (C20:4) (m ± SD) %

5.1 ± 1.1

n-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids

 Alpha-linolenic acid (AlA) (C18:3) (MD, IQR) μg/ml

21.3, 15.9–29.3

 eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) (C20:5) (MD, IQR) μg/ml

62.2, 45.7–92.5

 docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) (C22:6) (m ± SD) μg/ml

136.9 ± 43.2

 AlA (C18:3) (MD, IQR) %

0.72, 0.6–0.96

 EPA (C20:5) (MD, IQR) %

2.2, 1.5–3.23

 DHA (C22:6) (m ± SD) %

4.7 ± 1.4

 EPA / AA ratio (MD, IQR)

0.45, 0.32–0.6

 n-6 / n-3 ratio (MD, IQR)

4.25, 3.38–5.2

  1. BMI Body mass index, BS Blood sugar, T-CHO Total cholesterol, TG Triglyceride
  2. LDL-C Low density lipoprotein cholesterol, HDL-C High density lipoprotein cholesterol
  3. m Mean, SD Standard deviation, MD Median, IQR Interquartile range
  4. min Minimum, max Maximum, MBP Mean blood pressure
  5. %: weight percent of fatty acids
  6. n-6: n-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids
  7. n-3: n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids