Our findings suggest that several serum n-3 and n-6 PUFAs are inversely associated with T2DM prevalence, whereas some n-9 MUFAs are positively associated with T2DM prevalence. These findings provide comprehensive descriptive data on the serum fatty acid profile in relation to T2DM and underscore the heterogeneity of associations across individual fatty acid species.
Liu et al. (2026) studied this question.