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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Jul 16.
Published in final edited form as: Biochim Biophys Acta. 2008 Nov 27;1791(2):132–139. doi: 10.1016/j.bbalip.2008.11.002

Table 3.

Body and tissue weights of n-6 PUFA adequate and deficient diets at 15 weeks

Tissue Dietary groups
Adequate
 Deficient
weight (g) weight (g)
Initial body weight 29 ± 2 30 ± 2
Final body weight 379 ± 20 380 ± 16
  Brain 1.9 ± 0.1 1.9 ± 0.1
  Liver 10.4 ± 1.2 10.2 ± 1.3
  Heart 0.9 ± 0.1 0.9 ± 0.1
  Testis 3.0 ± 0.1 2.7 ±0.2**
Epididymal adipose tissue 12.4 ± 1.4 11.8 ± 1.3
  Lung 1.8 ± 0.3 1.8 ± 0.3
  Kidney 2.3 ± 0.2 2.4 ± 0.2
  Spleen 0.7 ± 0.1 0.8 ± 0.1

Values are mean±SD (n = 10 for both groups).

**

p<0.01.