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By trying to evaluate the SI (Stearic/Oleic ratio) trend in CAIN we can see that it takes on minimum values in the lower part, corresponding to the “Normal” cluster of CAIN. From the bottom upwards, the value grows gradually until it reaches the maximum values in the upper part of the map, corresponding to the area of pathology, according to the CAIN clustering.
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Figure 4: Graph of the SI values for 2 supposedly healthy populations of different average age.
Figure 3: The SI (level curves) dynamic in CAIN
Figure 5: Curve of the mean values of SI of the 3 populations: “Young”, “Normal” and “Depressive”
Further we have compared the Stearic/Oleic ratio to the risk of CVD calculated by the Framingham score, only according to the age. THE SI OF SOME POPULATIONS We have evaluated the mean values of SI in some subject populations. The first two were: a) “YOUNG”: Young sports people, supposedly healthy [n= 45; males = 35, females = 10; age = 22.7 ± 3.7 (m±SD)]
Figure 6: In red: interpolation (prolonging) of the segment “Young”“Adult”. The interpolation and the curve obtained in Fig. 31 can be overlapped.
b) “ADULT”: Adults, supposedly healthy [n= 60; male = 38, female = 22; age = 34.0 ± 12.4 (m±SD)] By building a graph whose y-axis had the age and whose x-axis the SI value, we obtained, for the two populations cited, the curve reported in Fig. 7. Then a third population was added: c) “DEPRESSIVE”: Subjects with clinical diagnosis of Major Depression [n=84; males = 33, females = 51; age = 60.2 ± 12.3 (m±SD)] In Figures 5 and 6 the resultant graph is shown.
Nutr. clín. diet. hosp. 2009; 29(1):34-45
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