. 2013 Oct 19;12:147. doi: 10.1186/1476-511X-12-147

Table 7.

Subcutaneous adipose tissue fatty acid profile in LZR and OZR rats fed CON, FLAX, FISH, or SDA diets for 12 weeks

Fatty acid ( *% of total* )	Lean				Obese				Main effect
	CON	FLAX	FISH	SDA	CON	FLAX	FISH	SDA	Genotype	Diet	Interaction
LA^[18:2(n-6)]	0.77 ± 0.24	0.45 ± 0.24	0.57 ± 0.24	0.58 ± 0.24	0.76 ± 0.25	1.16 ± 0.20	0.85 ± 0.24	0.66 ± 0.25	P = 0.36	P = 0.81	P = 0.31
ALA^[18:3(n-3)]	0.63 ± 0.15^ab	4.72 ± 0.16^c	1.23 ± 0.14^d	5.03 ± 0.15^c	0.49 ± 0.16^b	3.61 ± 0.12^e	0.92 ± 0.14^ad	3.74 ± 0.15^e	P = 0.0002^†	P < 0.0001ⁱ	^ΔP < 0.0001
SDA^[18:4(n-3)]	0.12 ± 0.10^a	0.12 ± 0.11^a	0.26 ± 0.10^a	2.66 ± 0.11^b	n.d.	n.d.	0.02 ± 0.11^a	1.50 ± 0.11^c	P = 0.0011^†	P < 0.0001ⁱⁱ	^ΔP < 0.0001
AA^[20:4(n-6)]	0.28 ± 0.020	0.21 ± 0.021	0.29 ± 0.020	0.36 ± 0.020	0.28 ± 0.021	0.20 ± 0.016	0.25 ± 0.020	0.33 ± 0.021	P = 0.46	P < 0.0001ⁱⁱⁱ	P = 0.68
EPA^[20:5(n-3)]	0.06 ± 0.03^a	0.08 ± 0.04^a	0.57 ± 0.03^cd	0.28 ± 0.04^b	0.04 ± 0.04^a	0.08 ± 0.03^a	0.62 ± 0.03^d	0.52 ± 0.04^c	P = 0.10	P < 0.0001^v	^ΔP < 0.0001
DPA^[22:5(n-3)]	0.04 ± 0.03^a	0.01 ± 0.03^bc	0.46 ± 0.03^e	0.32 ± 0.03^d	0.05 ± 0.03^ab	0.16 ± 0.02^c	0.68 ± 0.029^f	0.66 ± 0.031^f	P < 0.0001^‡	P < 0.0001^vi	^ΔP < 0.0001
DHA^[22:6(n-3)]	n.d.	0.03 ± 0.04^ab	0.73 ± 0.04^c	0.07 ± 0.04^ab	0.06 ± 0.04^ab	0.13 ± 0.033^b	1.12 ± 0.04^e	0.33 ± 0.041^d	P < 0.0001^‡	P < 0.0001^v	^ΔP < 0.0001
∑SFA	26.20 ± 1.06	25.55 ± 1.08	27.46 ± 1.05	24.22 ± 1.09	32.27 ± 1.12	31.20 ± 0.88	34.23 ± 1.05	30.42 ± 1.11	P < 0.0001^‡	P = 0.0017^vii	P = 0.94
∑MUFA	66.50 ± 1.10	63.54 ± 1.12	61.57 ± 1.09	58.74 ± 1.13	62.66 ± 1.16	60.48 ± 0.91	55.97 ± 1.09	56.71 ± 1.15	P = 0.0083^†	P < 0.0001^viii	P = 0.27
∑n3PUFA	0.87 ± 0.29^a	5.10 ± 0.30^c	3.42 ± 0.29^b	8.68 ± 0.30^e	0.57 ± 0.31^a	3.98 ± 0.24^b	3.52 ± 0.29^b	7.50 ± 0.31^d	P = 0.084^†	P < 0.0001^ix	^ΔP = 0.030
∑n6PUFA	1.05 ± 0.24	0.66 ± 0.24	0.86 ± 0.24	0.94 ± 0.25	1.04 ± 0.25	1.35 ± 0.20	1.10 ± 0.24	1.00 ± 0.25	P = 0.40	P = 0.98	P = 0.32

^ΔDifferent letters represent significance among means as determined by Bonferroni correction (P < 0.05).

Genotype Effect: ^†Lean > Obese; ^‡Obese > Lean.

Diet Effect: ⁱSDA, FLAX > FISH > CON; ⁱⁱSDA > FISH, FLAX, CON; ⁱⁱⁱSDA > FISH, CON > FLAX; ^ivSDA > FISH > FLAX, CON; ^vFISH > SDA > FLAX, CON; ^viFISH > SDA > FLAX > CON; ^viiFISH > CON, FLAX, SDA; ^viiiCON > FLAX > FISH, SDA; ^ixSDA > FLAX > FISH > CON.

n.d.- not detectable.