TABLE 4.

Rates of tocopherol disappearance¹

	Measured concentration during week 1	Daily rate	Estimated concentration on day 0	R2
α-Tocopherol (nmol/g wet wt)
Subject
A	218	−7.2	233	0.997
C	169	−5.5	190	0.917
D	166	−4.7	192	0.771
F	352	−8.0	370	0.827
G	327	−5.0	358	0.999
Mean ± SE	247 ± 39	−6.1 ± 0.6	269 ± 40	—
α-Tocopherol (μmol/g cholesterol)
Subject
A	527	−8.6	533	0.972
C	528	−25.5	625	0.921
D	254	−11.7	317	0.764
F	453	−9.9	482	0.882
G	254	−5.6	281	0.946
Mean ± SE	403 ± 62	−12.3 ± 3.4	448 ± 65	—
γ-Tocopherol (nmol/g wet wt)
Subject
A	33	−1.6	36	0.959
C	35	−1.3	41	0.982
D	34	−1.0	40	0.806
F	86	−2.0	92	0.855
G	108	−1.4	118	0.935
Mean ± SE	59 ± 16	−1.5 ± 0.2	65 ± 17	—
γ-Tocopherol (μmol/g cholesterol)
Subject
A	79	−1.4	72	0.841
C	109	−5.5	132	0.956
D	52	−2.5	65	0.776
F	111	−2.6	120	0.906
G	84	−1.7	92	0.974
Mean ± SE	87 ± 11	−2.7 ± 0.7	96 ± 13	—

¹Only subjects with an initial α-tocopherol concentration >150 nmol/g (n = 5) are shown. Rates of disappearance of α-tocopherol and γ-tocopherol concentrations were calculated separately by using individual concentrations and at the days after injury shown in Figure 1.