From: Interactions between cortisol and lipids in human milk
Fatty acid | Relative mass proportions in triacylglycerol-rich lipids | Quantities as triacylglycerols (mg/mL) | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Low cortisol (<  3 nmol/L) | High cortisol (>  10 nmol/L) | p-value | Low cortisol (<  3 nmol/L) | High cortisol (>  10 nmol/L) | p-value | |||||
Mean | STDEV | Mean | STDEV | Mean | STDEV | Mean | STDEV | |||
Lauric 12:0 | 3.29 | 1.22 | 4.28 | 1.50 | 0.001a,b | 1.07 | 0.61 | 1.53 | 0.89 | 0.005b,c |
Myristic 14:0 | 5.37 | 1.36 | 6.09 | 1.53 | 0.02a,b | 1.70 | 0.82 | 2.12 | 0.96 | 0.02b,c |
Myristoleic 14:1n − 5 | 0.28 | 0.08 | 0.26 | 0.08 | 0.25a | 0.09 | 0.05 | 0.09 | 0.04 | 0.86c |
Palmitic 16:0 | 23.10 | 2.55 | 22.28 | 2.35 | 0.03c | 7.26 | 2.98 | 7.74 | 2.90 | 0.41c |
Palmitoleic 16:1n − 7 | 2.77 | 0.68 | 2.59 | 0.78 | 0.11c | 0.89 | 0.45 | 0.91 | 0.46 | 0.82c |
Stearic 18:0 | 7.16 | 1.57 | 6.93 | 1.48 | 0.88c | 2.22 | 0.93 | 2.39 | 0.98 | 0.53c |
Oleic 18:1n − 9 | 39.20 | 3.32 | 38.92 | 3.28 | 0.71c | 12.35 | 4.83 | 13.74 | 5.95 | 0.51c |
Vaccenic 18:1n − 7 | 1.99 | 0.25 | 1.99 | 0.24 | 0.70c | 0.64 | 0.27 | 0.70 | 0.30 | 0.49c |
Linoleic 18:2n − 6 | 10.62 | 1.99 | 10.46 | 2.10 | 0.52c | 3.32 | 1.32 | 3.73 | 1.86 | 0.59c |
Linolenic 18:3n − 3 | 1.73 | 0.56 | 1.84 | 0.57 | 0.48c | 0.54 | 0.26 | 0.65 | 0.36 | 0.18c |
Arachidic 20:0 | 0.19 | 0.06 | 0.19 | 0.04 | 0.20c | 0.06 | 0.03 | 0.07 | 0.02 | 0.14c |
Gondoic 20:1n − 9 | 0.46 | 0.11 | 0.50 | 0.11 | 0.01c | 0.14 | 0.07 | 0.18 | 0.09 | 0.07c |
Eicosadienoic 20:2n − 6 | 0.25 | 0.04 | 0.25 | 0.05 | 0.68a | 0.08 | 0.03 | 0.09 | 0.04 | 0.30c |
Dihomogammalinolenic 20:3n − 6 | 0.33 | 0.07 | 0.30 | 0.08 | 0.14c | 0.10 | 0.04 | 0.11 | 0.06 | 0.95c |
Arachidonic 20:4n − 6 | 0.39 | 0.09 | 0.38 | 0.13 | 0.17c | 0.12 | 0.06 | 0.14 | 0.12 | 0.98c |
Eicosatrienoic 20:3n − 3 | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.06 | 0.04 | 0.05c | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.13c |
Eicosapentaenoic 20:5n − 3 | 0.12 | 0.08 | 0.12 | 0.08 | 0.26c | 0.04 | 0.02 | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.65c |
Behenic 22:0 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.04 | 0.03 | 0.44c | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.44c |
Docosenoic 22:1n − 9 | 0.07 | 0.04 | 0.10 | 0.03 | 0.008c | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.03c |
Nervonic 24:1n − 9 | 0.37 | 0.19 | 0.35 | 0.24 | 0.27c | 0.11 | 0.07 | 0.13 | 0.14 | 0.80c |
Docosahexaenoic 22:6n − 3 | 0.01 | 0.08 | 0.02 | 0.05 | 0.16c | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.16c |
Other fatty acids | 2.23 | 0.37 | 2.05 | 0.45 | 0.04a | 0.71 | 0.32 | 0.71 | 0.27 | 0.91c |
SAFA | 39.14 | 5.05 | 39.80 | 4.18 | 0.57c | 12.32 | 5.12 | 13.87 | 5.21 | 0.22c |
MUFA | 44.77 | 3.46 | 44.36 | 3.31 | 0.55a | 14.14 | 5.57 | 15.65 | 6.67 | 0.49c |
PUFA | 13.50 | 2.47 | 13.43 | 2.67 | 0.65c | 4.23 | 1.67 | 4.79 | 2.41 | 0.50c |
Omega-3 FAs | 1.91 | 0.59 | 2.03 | 0.62 | 0.50c | 0.60 | 0.29 | 0.72 | 0.41 | 0.18c |
Omega-6 FAs | 11.59 | 2.06 | 11.40 | 2.19 | 0.41c | 3.63 | 1.42 | 4.07 | 2.03 | 0.61c |
 |  |  |  |  |  | Triacylglycerols (mg/mL) | ||||
 |  |  |  |  |  | 31.52 | 12.13 | 35.15 | 13.85 | 0.39c |