Table 2.

Overall means in serum fatty acid concentration (g/100 g fatty acid methyl ester)^a

Fatty acid	REGb	CLA+VAc	p
10:0	0.17 ± 0.05	0.12 ± 0.03	0.08
12:0	0.67 ± 0.44	0.54 ± 0.13	0.52
14:0	1.36 ± 0.31	1.03 ± 0.12	0.04*
14:1	0.32 ± 0.04	0.28 ± 0.05	0.18
16:0	20.1 ± 0.90	17.1 ± 0.75	<0.01*
16:1	1.02 ± 0.17	0.89 ± 0.13	0.16
18:0	16.3 ± 1.6	14.6 ± 0.9	0.054
18:1 9c	16.2 ± 1.7	16.2 ± 0.3	0.98
18:2 n-6	20.0 ± 1.3	21.6 ± 2.4	0.20
18:3 n-3	0.81 ± 0.13	1.02 ± 0.09	0.01*
18:1 t11	0.27 ± 0.05	1.09 ± 0.18	<0.01*
c9,t11-CLA	0.28 ± 0.08	0.80 ± 0.07	<0.01*
20:4 n-6	8.2 ± 1.0	8.1 ± 0.4	0.89
20:5 n-3	1.49 ± 0.19	1.46 ± 0.06	0.65
22:5 n-3	1.41 ± 0.15	1.47 ± 0.19	0.57
22:6 n-3	1.74 ± 0.34	1.46 ± 0.17	0.10

^aValues given as mean ± SD, and p-values, n = 6.

^bDiet containing regular butter as fat supplement

^cDiet containing CLA+VA rich butter as fat supplement

* p < 0.05.