Table 3. Percent fatty acid composition (>0.1%) of brown adipose tissue (BAT).
Fatty acid | Short Photoperiod (n = 4) | Direction of Change | Long Photoperiod (n = 4) | T-test P-value |
14∶0 | 0.8±0.1 | < | 1.2±0.2 | <0.05 |
16∶0 | 16.7±1.0 | < | 21.1±1.3 | <0.01 |
16∶1 | 2.4±0.9 | < | 5.3±1.2 | <0.05 |
18∶0 | 14.8±1.5 | > | 9.5±1.4 | <0.01 |
18∶1 | 41.4±1.9 | 40.7±1.3 | ns | |
18∶2n6 | 21.7±0.6 | 21.4±1.2 | ns | |
18∶3n3 | 0.8±0.1 | 0.9±0.1 | ns | |
20∶1 | 0.6±0.1 | > | 0.1±0.2 | <0.01 |
Rest | 0.9±0.6 | 0.1±0.2 | ||
SFA | 32.3±1.2 | 31.7±1.3 | ns | |
UFA | 66.9±1.5 | 68.3±1.3 | ns | |
PUFA | 22.5±0.7 | 22.2±1.2 | ns | |
n3 | 0.8±0.1 | 0.9±0.1 | ns | |
n6 | 21.7±0.6 | 21.3±1.2 | ns |