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Table 7.

Tissue and diet effects for fatty acid composition and gene expression in subcutaneous and intramuscular adipose tissues taken at slaughter from feedlot steers fed a basal finishing diet (n = 6) or the basal diet supplemented with 3% palm oil (n = 6) or 3% soybean oil (n = 6)

Fatty acid (g/100 g total fatty acids)	Subcutaneous adipose tissue¹					Intramuscular adipose tissue

	Control	Palm oil	Soybean oil	SEM	p-value	Control	Palm oil	Soybean oil	SEM	p-value
16:0²	27.91	26.95	26.70	0.37	0.09	31.88	32.22	31.43	0.19	0.14
16:1n-7³	5.00^a	3.73^b	4.30^ab	0.24	0.05	3.66	3.32	3.62	0.15	0.10
18:0²	10.43^b	12.55^a	12.58^a	0.54	0.02	14.72	15.00	14.82	0.47	0.39
18:1n-9³	42.94	42.70	42.85	0.60	0.22	34.92	35.91	35.03	0.54	0.26
18:1n-7³	1.83^a	1.36^b	1.46^b	0.07	0.01	0.97^a	0.50^b	0.66^ab	0.09	0.04
18:2n-6	1.84	1.90	2.04	0.08	0.18	1.67	1.63	1.88	0.07	0.10
18:3n-3³	0.08	0.07	0.10	0.01	0.22	0.02	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.17
18:2cis-9, trans-11³	0.67	0.60	0.65	0.04	0.25	0.04	0.04	0.01	0.02	0.17
AMPKα	2.78^a	2.19^b	2.46^ab	0.25	0.04	2.16	1.93	1.84	0.21	0.31
CEBPβ	1.63^ab	1.14^b	2.72^a	0.35	0.03	1.51^ab	0.74^b	1.98^a	0.41	0.01
GPR43	2.99	3.83	3.08	0.92	0.24	3.50	4.89	1.65	1.06	0.17
PPARγ³	1.00	1.26	1.02	0.21	0.31	0.58	0.43	0.41	0.09	0.25
SCD³	1.85^a	1.04^ab	0.66^b	0.14	0.05	0.08	0.13	0.04	0.03	0.16

SEM, standard error of the mean; AMPKα, AMP-activated protein kinase alpha; CEBPβ, CCAAT enhancer binding protein-β; GPR43, G-coupled protein receptor 43; PPARγ, peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma; SCD, stearoyl-CoA desaturase.

Data for subcutaneous adipose tissue derived from Choi et al. (2013).

Intramuscular adipose tissue > subcutaneous adipose tissue, p<0.05 (data pooled across dietary treatments).

Intramuscular adipose tissue < subcutaneous adipose tissue, p<0.05 (data pooled across dietary treatments).

^ab

Means in rows not bearing a common superscript differ, p<0.05.