Table 2.

Effect of post-weaning fat intake and sex on phosphatidylcholine fatty acid composition.

n	Proportion of total fatty acids (%)
	Male		Female		GLM (P)
	LF	HF	LF	HF	Sex	PWD	Interaction
	20	11	18	18
14:0	0.14±0.02	0.1±0.01	0.1±0.02	0.1±0.03
16:0	14.2±0.6a	13.4±0.5b	13.9±0.6a	13.8±0.7a		0.002	0.025
18:0	25.9±0.8a	28.1±0.6b	27.5±0.8b	27.7±0.9b	0.006	<0.0001	<0.0001
20:0	0.12±0.03	0.1±0.01	0.1±0.03	0.1±0.02
24:0	1.4±0.4a	1.2±0.3a	1.6±0.3b	1.5±0.4b	0.006
16:1n-7	0.2±0.04	0.1±0.02	0.2±0.03	0.2±0.1
18:1n-7	4.7±0.5a	3.3±0.3b	3.9±0.5a	3.5±0.4b	0.015	<0.0001	<0.0001
18:1n-9	6.4±1.2a	4.3±0.7b	5.2±0.6ab	4.5±0.9b	0.022	<0.0001	0.006
18:2n-6	12.0±2.5a	9.5±2.4b	8.8±1.1b	8.9±1.9b	0.001	0.019	0.014
18:3n-6	0.07±0.02a	0.04±0.02b	0.05±0.01b	0.05±0.01b		<0.0001	0.001
20:3n-6	0.4±0.1a	0.3±0.07b	0.3±0.03b	0.3±0.07b	<0.0001	<0.0001	0.01
20:4n-6	25.3±2.2a	27.2±1.3b	27.6±1.3b	27.2±1.4b		0.008	0.012
22:4n-6	0.8±0.01a	0.9±0.1a	1.0±0.1b	1.0±0.1b	<0.0001
18:3n-3	0.04±0.02	0.04±0.01	0.03±0.02	0.04±0.01
20:5n-3	0.08±0.06	0.1±0.2	0.07±0.05	0.08±0.03
22:5n-3	1.0±0.2a	1.7±0.2b	1.1±0.3a	1.5±0.3b		<0.0001	0.007
22:6n-3	7.0±1.2a	9.4±1.5bc	8.3±0.9ab	9.4±1.1c	0.042	<0.0001	0.035
20:4n-6:22:6n-3	3.6±0.5a	2.9±0.4b	3.4±0.5a	2.9±0.3b		<0.0001
SFA	41.8±1.1a	42.8±0.8b	43.3±0.8b	43.2±0.9b	<0.0001	0.025	0.021
MUFA	11.3±1.5a	7.7±0.9b	9.3±0.9c	8.1±1.2b	0.011	<0.0001	<0.0001
n-6 PUFA	38.8±1.2a	38.1±1.4ab	37.9±1.1ab	37.7±1.1b	0.036
n-3 PUFA	8.1±1.3a	11.3±1.6b	9.5±1.2c	11.0±1.4b		<0.0001	0.016

Values are mean±SD proportions of fatty acids in each class. The single and interactive effects were determined by a general linear model with Bonferroni’s post hoc analysis. Significantly different values (P<0.05) are indicated by different superscripts.