Table 5. Percent fatty acid composition (>0.1%) of leg muscle.

Fatty acid	Short Photoperiod (n = 4)	Direction of Change	Long Photoperiod (n = 4)	T-test P-value
14∶0	0.6±0.4		1.1±0.1	ns
16∶0	21.6±3.2		21.6±0.6	ns
16∶1	5.2±2.3		8.1±1.5	ns
18∶0	7.3±1.5	>	4.4±0.8	<0.05
18∶1	33.9±3.3		35.9±1.3	ns
18∶2n6	23.3±7.5		23.1±1.5	ns
18∶3n3	0.8±0.2		1.0±0.2	ns
20∶1	0.4±0.4		0.1±0.3	ns
20∶4n6	2.0±0.3	>	1.0±0.3	<0.01
22∶1	0.7±0.9		0.3±0.5	ns
22∶6n3	4.1±0.4	>	2.8±0.8	<0.05
Rest	0.2±0.2		0.8±0.2
SFA	29.5±4.1		27.1±1.2	ns
UFA	70.3±4.3		72.2±1.0	ns
PUFA	30.1±7.6		27.9±2.3	ns
n3	4.9±0.5		4.1±0.6	ns
n6	25.3±7.4		24.1±1.7	ns