. 2017 Nov 22;59(1):123–136. doi: 10.1194/jlr.M080309

TABLE 1.

Effect of pregnancy and postpartum on the fatty acid composition of plasma PC

Fatty Acid	Baseline	15 Days of Pregnancy	20 Days of Pregnancy	7 Days Postpartum
	weight % of total fatty acids
14:0	0.41 ± 0.22	0.56 ± 0.13	0.69 ± 0.09	0.74 ± 0.18
16:0	16.86 ± 0.99^a	18.35 ± 1.46^a	26.76 ± 1.73^b	18.32 ± 0.66^a
18:0	25.46 ± 2.33^b	28.88 ± 2.18^bc	21.55 ± 1.02^a	29.64 ± 1.65^c
20:0	0.18 ± 0.04	0.15 ± 0.07	0.13 ± 0.01	0.20 ± 0.06
22:0	0.25 ± 0.08^b	0.14 ± 0.05^a	0.10 ± 0.02^a	0.10 ± 0.02^a
24:0	0.22 ± 0.04	0.20 ± 0.08	0.24 ± 0.04	0.17 ± 0.05
∑SFAs	43.92 ± 1.26^a	49.27 ± 2.34^b	51.06 ± 1.73^b	50.47 ± 2.18^b
14:1	0.05 ± 0.01^b	0.04 ± 0.01^b	0.01 ± 0.01^b	0.03 ± 0.01^ab
16:1	0.58 ± 0.17	0.74 ± 0.17	0.78 ± 0.12	0.64 ± 0.09
18:1n-7	1.49 ± 0.12^b	1.25 ± 0.11^ab	1.12 ± 0.1^a	1.42 ± 0.17^b
18:1n-9	9.54 ± 6.09^b	4.30 ± 0.92^a	4.43 ± 0.31^ab	6.54 ± 1.02^ab
20:1n-9	0.36 ± 0.25	0.13 ± 0.05	0.10 ± 0.02	0.12 ± 0.01
22:1n-9	0.20 ± 0.04^ab	0.27 ± 0.07^b	0.10 ± 0.03^a	0.23 ± 0.03^ab
24:1n-9	0.24 ± 0.04	0.26 ± 0.17	0.05 ± 0.03	0.10 ± 0.03
∑MUFAs	12.49 ± 6.38^b	7.02 ± 0.99^ab	6.59 ± 0.25^a	9.09 ± 1.14^ab
18:2n-6	15.78 ± 2.34^b	12.56 ± 1.53^a	11.46 ± 1.85^a	14.42 ± 1.93^ab
18:3n-6	0.74 ± 0.81	0.23 ± 0.07	0.10 ± 0.02	0.15 ± 0.02
20:2n-6	0.26 ± 0.08^b	0.18 ± 0.02^a	0.16 ± 0.02^a	0.24 ± 0.03^b
20:3n-6	0.41 ± 0.11^b	0.37 ± 0.0^ab	0.22 ± 0.03^a	0.78 ± 0.08^c
20:4n-6	18.04 ± 3.56^b	19.54 ± 1.23^b	11.61 ± 2.05^a	15.22 ± 1.78^ab
22:2n-6	0.13 ± 0.09	0.12 ± 0.07	0.07 ± 0.05	0.07 ± 0.02
22:4n-6	0.32 ± 0.08^a	0.23 ± 0.06^a	0.61 ± 0.06^b	0.33 ± 0.07^a
22:5n-6	0.30 ± 0.04^a	0.33 ± 0.12^a	3.36 ± 0.43^b	0.99 ± 0.32^a
∑n-6 PUFAs	35.98 ± 4.91^b	33.57 ± 1.72^b	27.60 ± 2.68^a	32.20 ± 3.06^ab
18:3n-3	0.18 ± 0.10	0.10 ± 0.02	0.12 ± 0.02	0.08 ± 0.01
20:3n-3	0.05 ± 0.01	0.08 ± 0.05	0.04 ± 0.01	0.02 ± 0.01
20:5n-3	0.21 ± 0.08^b	0.16 ± 0.07^ab	0.08 ± 0.01^a	0.11 ± 0.02^ab
22:5n-3	0.84 ± 0.15^a	0.80 ± 0.11^a	1.17 ± 0.12^b	1.36 ± 0.27^b
22:6n-3	5.69 ± 0.86^a	6.89 ± 1.45^a	12.67 ± 1.13^b	5.69 ± 0.95^a
∑n-3 PUFAs	6.98 ± 1.03^a	8.03 ± 1.45^a	14.09 ± 1.09^b	7.26 ± 1.17^a
∑PUFAs	42.96 ± 5.84	41.60 ± 2.44	41.69 ± 1.71	39.46 ± 2.98
Total fatty acids (mg/100 ml)	106.81 ± 34.92^a	106.13 ± 27.14^a	184.00 ± 35.52^b	179.90 ± 20.84^b

Values are expressed as mean ± SD, n = 6 for each group. Fatty acids with different superscripts are significantly different by Tukey’s post hoc test (P < 0.05) following significant F-value by one-way ANOVA. SFAs, saturated fatty acids.