Table 2.

Composition of Plasma and Intramuscular Triglyceride Pre- and Post-Fenofibrate

Plasma	myristic (mmol/l)	palmitic (mmol/l)	palmitoleic (mmol/l)	stearic (mmol/l)	oleic (mmol/l)	linoeate (mmol/l)	γ-linolenic (mmol/l)	α-linolenic (mmol/l)	arachidonic (mmol/l)
Pre-fenofibrate
Men	0.12±0.02*	1.04±0.08	0.12±0.01	0.40±0.04*	1.19±0.07	1.01±0.10	0.03±0.00	0.07±0.01	0.11±0.01*
Women	0.06±0.01	0.83±0.12	0.13±0.03	0.27±0.03	1.11±0.19	0.91±0.11	0.02±0.00	0.07±0.01	0.08±0.01
Post-fenofibrate
Men	0.07±0.01	0.79±0.09	0.11±0.02	0.27±0.05	0.90±0.07	0.66±0.05	0.03±0.00	0.04±0.01	0.11±0.01
Women	0.04±0.01	0.63±0.10	0.11±0.02	0.20±0.03	0.86±0.15	0.62±0.12	0.02±0.00	0.04±0.01	0.09±0.01
Muscle	myristic (ug/mg dry wt)	palmitic (ug/mg dry wt)	palmitoleic (ug/mg dry wt)	stearic (ug/mg dry wt)	oleic (ug/mg dry wt)	linoeate (ug/mg dry wt)	linolenic (ug/mg dry wt)		arachidonic (ug/mg dry wt)
Pre-fenofibrate
Men	1.84±0.21	24.19±0.62	4.51±0.57	9.14±1.52	33.56±3.29*	16.13±0.33	0.84±0.05		0.85±0.11
Women	2.24±0.16	23.88±0.86	5.00±0.35	6.23±0.59	45.89±1.68	15.21±0.40	0.86±0.05		0.68±0.10
Post-fenofibrate
Men	2.23±0.20	25.46±0.69*	3.40±0.31*	9.35±1.03*	42.19±1.36*	15.02±0.06	0.91±0.04		0.89±0.08
Women	1.78±0.31	21.62±1.62	5.25±0.74	5.26±1.24	49.40±2.39	14.89±0.05	0.85±0.04		0.73±0.09

^*p<0.05 men vs. women

^§p<0.05 pre- vs. post-fenofbrate

wt = weight