Table 3 The correlations between gene expression and fatty acid synthesis (cofactors, Pearson Correlation in SPSS13

C12:0

0.524**

0.694**

0.522*

0.557*

0.766**

0.528*

0.525*

C14:0

0.049

-0.472

0.052

-0.323

-0.130

0.046

0.051

C15:1

0.677**

0.167

0.678**

-0.044

0.098

0.676

0.676

C15:0

-0.207

-0.696**

-0.207

-0.538*

-0.447

-0.212

-0.206

C16:1

0.277

0.144

0.279

0.144

0.266

0.278

0.278

C16:0

0.044

-0.324

0.045

-0.259

0.177

0.042

0.046

C17:1

-0.285

-0.634*

-0.283

-0.374

-0.665**

-0.289

-0.286

C17:0

0.214

-0.257

0.216

-0.229

-0.078

0.211

0.215

C18:3n6

-0.181

-0.534*

-0.179

-0.545*

-0.593*

-0.185

0.182

C18:3n3

0.291

0.695**

0.287

0.590*

0.703**

0.296

0.290

C18:2n6

-0.079

-0.576*

-0.076

-0.404

-0.311

-0.082

-0.079

C18:1n9

0.292

0.620*

0.290

0.459

0.121

0.295

0.291

C18:0

0.211

0.490

0.209

0.573*

0.858**

-0.216

0.212

C20:4n6

-0.229

-0.638*

-0.227

-0.656**

-0.612*

-0.235

-0.229

C20:5n3

-0.349

-0.681**

-0.347

-0.49

-0.429

-0.353

-0.347

C20:3n6

0.215

-0.134

0.216

-0.267

0.381

0.214

0.218

C20:2

0.367

0.717**

0.364

0.643**

0.301

0.372

0.366

C20:1

0.329

0.620*

0.327

0.619*

0.880**

0.334

0.331

C20:0

0.035

0.162

0.035

0.292

0.691**

0.038

0.037

C22:6n3

-0.241

-0.408

-0.240

-0.177

-0.635*

-0.242

-0.243

C22:1n9

0.375

0.693**

0.373

0.640*

0.751**

0.380

0.376

C22:0

-0.059

-0.106

-0.059

0.055

0.362

-0.058

-0.058

C24:1

0.346

0.730**

0.343

0.700**

0.597*

0.352

0.347

C24:0

0.116

-0.252

0.117

-0.296

-0.185

0.113

0.115

TFA

0.287

0.002

0.287

0.117

0.227

0.288

0.287