. 2016 Mar 17;11:9. doi: 10.1186/s12263-016-0517-4

Table 3.

Fatty acid content (g/100 g FAME) in liver samples from two dietary groups. Data are presented as averages

Fatty acids		C diet group		E diet group		p-value (T test)
		Mean	SD	Mean	SD
∑ SFA		43.18	9.12	42.35	5.09	0.7041
	C12:0	3.21	2.44	2.31	1.90	0.1754
	C14:0	0.62	0.28	0.58	0.27	0.6893
	C16:0	17.93	4.61	6.17	2.48	0.1114
	C18:0	21.77	5.8	23.42	4.64	0.2824
∑ MUFA		22.96	7.2	19.65	5.38	0.0792
	C16:1 n-7	3.47	4.62	1.85	0.75	0.1094
	C18:1 n-9	17.56	5.42	16.30	4.67	0.3918
	C18:1 n-7	1.93	0.42	1.64	0.23	0.0058**
∑ PUFA		27.23	8.05	33.9	6.28	0.0026*
	C18:2 n-6 (LA)	13.7	3.4	15.61	2.27	0.0284*
	C18:3 n-3 (ALA)	0.82	1.17	3.32	1.17	0.0000**
	C20:3 n-6	3.02	6.09	1.57	2.61	0.5676
	C20:4 n-6 (AA)	12.66	4.18	9.41	2.87	0.0055**
	C20:5 n-3 (EPA)	0.87	0.74	3.16	0.92	0.0006**
	C22:6 n-3 (DHA)	1.88	1.08	3.38	1.02	0.0006**
	∑ Omega-6^a	25.63	7.72	25.69	4.13	0.9763
	∑ Omega-3^b	2.16	1.83	8.22	3.50	10⁻⁹**
Omega-6/omega-3 ratio		32.73	62.02	4.25	3.93	0.0769
Other^c		6.63		4.1

SFA saturated fatty acids, MUFA monounsaturated fatty acids, PUFA polyunsaturated fatty acids

^aLA + ETA + AA

^bALA + EPA + DHA

^cFA not identified according to the used standard

*P < 0.05

**P < 0.01