From: Interactions between cortisol and lipids in human milk
Fatty acid | Relative mass proportions in phospholipid-rich lipids | Quantities as phosphatidylcholine (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 | 2.16 | 1.04 | 2.50 | 1.38 | 0.29a | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.63a |
Myristic 14:0 | 4.01 | 1.38 | 4.87 | 1.77 | 0.01a,b | 0.05 | 0.03 | 0.05 | 0.03 | 0.37a |
Myristoleic 14:1n − 5 | 0.16 | 0.11 | 0.16 | 0.09 | 0.99a | 0.002 | 0.002 | 0.002 | 0.001 | 0.59a |
Palmitic 16:0 | 21.55 | 3.04 | 21.70 | 3.25 | 0.81c | 0.23 | 0.14 | 0.21 | 0.10 | 0.96a |
Palmitoleic 16:1n − 7 | 1.96 | 0.63 | 1.88 | 0.70 | 0.57c | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.53a |
Stearic 18:0 | 13.20 | 4.14 | 13.07 | 3.83 | 0.81a | 0.12 | 0.06 | 0.12 | 0.05 | 0.52a |
Oleic 18:1n − 9 | 31.30 | 6.62 | 30.13 | 5.98 | 0.23a | 0.37 | 0.29 | 0.32 | 0.20 | 0.61a |
Vaccenic 18:1n − 7 | 1.68 | 0.32 | 1.63 | 0.34 | 0.43c | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.58a |
Linoleic 18:2n − 6 | 14.81 | 2.68 | 14.94 | 2.72 | 0.77a | 0.15 | 0.09 | 0.15 | 0.07 | 0.69a |
Linolenic 18:3n − 3 | 1.44 | 0.58 | 1.49 | 0.57 | 0.98a | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.77a |
Arachidic 20:0 | 0.18 | 0.08 | 0.19 | 0.07 | 0.69a | 0.002 | 0.001 | 0.002 | 0.001 | 0.81a |
Gondoic 20:1n − 9 | 0.63 | 0.16 | 0.65 | 0.15 | 0.37a | 0.007 | 0.004 | 0.006 | 0.004 | 0.88a |
Eicosadienoic 20:2n − 6 | 0.30 | 0.07 | 0.33 | 0.07 | 0.06c | 0.003 | 0.002 | 0.003 | 0.002 | 0.89a |
Dihomogammalinolenic 20:3n − 6 | 0.85 | 0.32 | 0.86 | 0.33 | 0.98a | 0.008 | 0.004 | 0.008 | 0.004 | 0.52a |
Arachidonic 20:4n − 6 | 1.83 | 0.79 | 1.92 | 0.99 | 0.90a | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.70a |
Eicosatrienoic 20:3n − 3 | 0.02 | 0.04 | 0.01 | 0.04 | 0.27a | 0.000 | 0.001 | 0.000 | 0.001 | 0.22a |
Eicosapentaenoic 20:5n − 3 | 0.29 | 0.16 | 0.26 | 0.15 | 0.26a | 0.003 | 0.002 | 0.003 | 0.002 | 0.29a |
Behenic 22:0 | 0.03 | 0.04 | 0.03 | 0.04 | 0.93a | 0.000 | 0.001 | 0.000 | 0.001 | 0.93a |
Docosenoic 22:1n − 9 | 0.11 | 0.08 | 0.17 | 0.11 | 0.009a,b | 0.001 | 0.001 | 0.001 | 0.001 | 0.11a |
Nervonic 24:1n − 9 | 1.02 | 0.69 | 0.92 | 0.39 | 0.93a | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.48a |
Docosahexaenoic 22:6n − 3 | 0.05 | 0.33 | 0.06 | 0.28 | 0.69a | 0.000 | 0.001 | 0.000 | 0.001 | 0.71a |
Other fatty acids | 2.43 | 0.81 | 2.24 | 0.70 | 0.11a | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.50a |
SAFA | 41.13 | 5.01 | 42.37 | 5.15 | 0.23c | 0.43 | 0.25 | 0.41 | 0.18 | 0.99a |
MUFA | 35.83 | 7.17 | 34.62 | 6.50 | 0.20a | 0.43 | 0.33 | 0.37 | 0.22 | 0.61a |
PUFA | 19.59 | 3.63 | 19.86 | 3.67 | 0.53a | 0.20 | 0.12 | 0.19 | 0.10 | 0.72a |
Omega-3 FAs | 1.80 | 0.63 | 1.82 | 0.61 | 0.89a | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.70a |
Omega-6 FAs | 17.79 | 3.54 | 18.04 | 3.51 | 0.52a | 0.18 | 0.10 | 0.17 | 0.09 | 0.65a |
 | Relative mass proportion of polar lipids from all lipids |  | ||||||||
 | 3.28 | 1.43 | 2.89 | 1.19 | 0.16a |  |  |  |  |  |