Table 3.

Storage of dietary fatty acid as TG and LPL activity in SAT at baseline, 2 mo, and 14 mo in women randomized to LIPO or CON

	Baseline		2 Mo		14 Mo		P value
	CON	LIPO	CON	LIPO	CON	LIPO	Time	Time × group
Meal-derived fatty acid trafficking (relative)
Oxidized, %	26 ± 8	24 ± 6	25 ± 6	24 ± 6	20 ± 4	20 ± 3	0.001*	0.674
Upper body SAT, %	17 ± 13	11 ± 4	13 ± 5	13 ± 9	18 ± 5	21 ± 6	0.031*	0.154
Lower body SAT, %	10 ± 7.2	12 ± 6	12 ± 11	8 ± 9	16 ± 6	16 ± 5	0.025*	0.457
Ectopic, %	45 ± 23	56 ± 9	53 ± 20	54 ± 15	47 ± 7	43 ± 8	0.117	0.164
Meal-derived fatty acid uptake (absolute)
Upper body SAT (mg meal TG in trunk FM × 103)	4.3 ± 3.1	2.8 ± 1.0	3.2 ± 1.3	3.5 ± 2.6	3.8 ± 1.3	4.4 ± 1.3	0.415	0.211
Lower body SAT (mg meal TG in leg FM × 103)	2.4 ± 1.9	3.1 ± 1.6	3.0 ± 2.8	2.0 ± 2.1	4.0 ± 1.3	3.9 ± 1.4	0.026*	0.373
LPL activity
Abdominal SAT
nmol·min−1·g−1	11.8 ± 10.0	17.3 ± 11.1	15.0 ± 5.9	21.3 ± 9.3	16.9 ± 12.7	12.4 ± 6.4	0.469	0.199
nmol·min−1·106 cells	0.16 ± 0.15	0.21 ± 0.21	0.18 ± 0.09	0.21 ± 0.18	0.25 ± 0.21	0.10 ± 0.06	0.940	0.250
Femoral SAT
nmol·min−1·g−1	27.1 ± 19.4	48.6 ± 8.5	33.3 ± 29.9	19.8 ± 8.8	37.6 ± 18.1	21.8 ± 15.9	0.152	0.005*
nmol·min−1·106 cells	0.60 ± 0.50	0.65 ± 0.31	0.51 ± 0.51	0.27 ± 0.23	0.69 ± 0.64	0.13 ± 0.07	0.209	0.114

Values are means ± SD.

LPL, lipoprotein lipase; SAT, subcutaneous adipose tissue. P value for an overall effect of time and time-by-group interaction (general linear model, repeated measures).

^*P < 0.05.