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. 2012 Apr 13;67(11):1121–1131. doi: 10.1093/gerona/gls113

Table 2.

Major Fatty Acid Composition of the Experimental Fats

Fatty acid Soybean oil (%) Fish oil (%) Lard (%)
14:0 0.1 7.5 1.4
16:0 10.2 16.5 23.7
16:1n-7 0.1 9.6 0.0
18:0 4.0 3.2 15.0
18:1n−9 21.2 8.7 39.2
18:1n−7 0.0 2.9 0.0
18:2n−6 55.0 1.3 15.2
18:3n−3 8.0 0.1 0.5
18:4n−3 0.0 3.0 0.1
20:4n−6 0.0 0.9 0.2
20:5n−3 0.0 17.7 0.0
22:6n−3 0.0 10.3 0.0
Other 1.3 18.4 4.7
Saturates 14.8 28.3 40.3
Total n−3 8.1 33.9 0.7
Total n−6 55.0 3.2 16.0
n−6/n−3 6.8 0.1 24.4