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. 2013 Mar 14;10:27. doi: 10.1186/1743-7075-10-27

Table 8.

Effect of diets on subcutaneous fat fatty acid profile

Fatty acid (%) Treatment1
 
CON SBO LLO SEM
Myristic acid
1.1b
3.3a
0.8c
0.02
Palmitic acid
23.3a
20.2b
18.3c
0.05
Palmitoleic acid
1.3b
1.6a
1.0c
0.004
Stearic acid
15.5a
12.5b
12.5b
0.04
Oleic acid
36.4b
39.2a
32.1c
0.12
Vaccenic acid
2.0b
2.8a
1.8c
0.01
Linoleic acid
14.2b
11.6c
27.5a
0.05
cis9, trans11 CLA
1.0b
0.8c
1.2a
0.01
trans10, cis 12 CLA
0.34a
0.26c
0.28b
0.003
α-Linolenic acid
0.05c
0.80a
0.09b
0.004
Arachidonic acid
1.0b
0.6c
1.4a
0.01
Eicosapentaenoic acid
0.23a
0.15c
0.22b
0.001
Docosahexaenoic acid
0.14a
0.10b
0.14a
0.004
Omega 6 (n6)
15.3b
12.4c
28.9a
0.04
Omega 3 (n3)
0.42c
1.05a
0.45b
0.004
Omega 6: Omega 3 (n6/n3)
37.2b
11.8c
65.3a
0.26
Total SFA2
40.1a
36.0b
31.7c
0.06
Total MUFA3
41.0b
44.6a
35.9c
0.13
Total PUFA4
17.5b
14.8c
31.3a
0.043
MUFA: SFA
1.03c
1.24a
1.16b
0.003
PUFA: SFA 0.44b 0.41c 1.06a 0.001

1 Data are given as means and pooled SEM, n = 4 per treatment group unless noted otherwise. CON, control diet with no added oil; SBO, metabolic syndrome diet + 13% soybean oil; LLO, metabolic syndrome diet + 13% low α-linolenic soybean oil. a,b,cLabeled means in a row without a common superscript letter, P < 0.05.

2 SFA- saturated fatty acid.

3 MUFA - Mono unsaturated fatty acid.

4 PUFA- Poly unsaturated fatty acid.