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. 2013 Oct 1;49(1):59–69. doi: 10.1007/s11745-013-3842-y

Table 4.

Fatty acid profile in neutral lipids of white epididymal adipose tissue [mg FA/g eWAT (w.w.)]

FA (mg/g)	Low fat (12 en% fat)		Medium fat (35 en% fat)
FA (mg/g)	1 en% LNA	8 en% LNA	1 en% LNA	8 en% LNA
16:0	133 ± 3^ac	158 ± 3^b	149 ± 3^bc	140 ± 5^c
18:0	8.3 ± 0.3^a	12.5 ± 0.4^b	8.3 ± 0.2^a	10.5 ± 0.5^c
Sum SFA	163 ± 4^a	189 ± 4^b	297 ± 4^c	268 ± 13^d
18:1n9	489 ± 5^a	236 ± 5^b	360 ± 4^c	301 ± 6^d
Sum MUFA	614 ± 6^a	333 ± 6^b	497 ± 4^c	393 ± 9^d
18:2n-6	57 ± 3^a	308 ± 3^b	42 ± 3^c	187 ± 4^d
20:4n-6	1.1 ± 0.0^a	4.0 ± 0.2^b	0.8 ± 0.0^a	2.6 ± 0.1^c
22:5n-6	0.1 ± 0.0^a	0.4 ± 0.1^b	0.0 ± 0.0^a	0.2 ± 0.1^c
Sum n-6	59 ± 3^a	317 ± 3^b	43 ± 3^c	192 ± 4^d
18:3n-3	5.8 ± 0.2^a	19.1 ± 0.4^b	4.4 ± 0.1^c	12.1 ± 0.2^d
20:5n-3	0.1 ± 0.0^a	0.4 ± 0.0^b	0.1 ± 0.0^a	0.3 ± 0.0^c
22:5n-3	0.2 ± 0.0^a	0.7 ± 0.1^b	0.2 ± 0.0^a	0.5 ± 0.0^c
22:6n-3	1.5 ± 0.1^a	2.5 ± 0.1^b	1.1 ± 0.1^c	1.7 ± 0.1^a
Sum n-3	8.9 ± 0.2^a	23.5 ± 0.5^b	7.2 ± 0.1^c	14.8 ± 0.3^d
n-6/n-3 ratio	6.7 ± 0.3^a	13.6 ± 0.3^b	6.0 ± 0.4^a	13.1 ± 0.3^b
n-6 HUFA (%)	49 ± 1^a	69 ± 0^b	46 ± 2^a	67 ± 1^b

Different superscript letters indicate significant statistical differences, Mann–Whitney p < 0.01, n = 8–9

LNA linoleic acid, SFA saturated fatty acids, MUFA monounsaturated fatty acids, HUFA highly unsaturated fatty acids