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. 2013 May 22;8(5):e63803. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0063803

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