Table 1.

Fatty acid composition of the diets. Mice were fed a modified AIN–93 diet containing 6% western fat blend and either 6% olive oil (oleate diet, representing a diet high in MUFA) or 6% fish oil (high PUFA)^†

	fatty acid	diet
		oleate	fish oil
Composition (g/kg diet)	stearic acid (18:0)	2.7	3.3
	oleic acid (18:1ω9)	59.3	30.2
	linoleic acid (18:2ω6)	15.9	11.3
	linolenic acid (18:3ω3)	1.4	1.5
	arachidonic acid (20:4ω6)	0	0.7
	EPA (20:5ω3)	0	7.9
	DHA (22:6ω3)	0	5.2
	SFA‡	36.2	46.2
	MUFA	62.3	34.6
	PUFA	17.1	31.3
	ω3	1.1	17.5
	ω6	16.0	12.1
	ω9	61.9	34.4
Ratios	ω3/ω6	0.1	1.4
	ω9/ω6	3.9	2.9
	arachidonic acid/EPA	–	11.3
	EPA/DHA	–	1.5

^†MUFA: mono-unsaturated fatty acids, PUFA: poly-unsaturated fatty acids

^‡SFA: saturated fatty acids,