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

TABLE 3.

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

Fatty Acid	Baseline	15 Days of Pregnancy	20 Days of Pregnancy	7 Days Postpartum
	weight % of total fatty acids
14:0	2.22 ± 1.46^b	1.24 ± 0.63^ab	0.70 ± 0.32^a	1.79 ± 0.38^ab
16:0	23.40 ± 3.71^b	21.84 ± 0.92^ab	18.55 ± 2.47^a	23.29 ± 2.01^b
18:0	13.56 ± 1.14^c	8.24 ± 2.80^b	4.78 ± 0.87^a	8.74 ± 2.24^b
20:0	0.61 ± 0.32^b	0.18 ± 0.16^a	0.15 ± 0.07^a	0.25 ± 0.09^a
22:0	0.50 ± 0.27^b	0.26 ± 0.20^ab	0.08 ± 0.04^a	0.15 ± 0.15^a
24:0	0.75 ± 0.44^b	0.11 ± 0.13^a	0.11 ± 0.15^a	0.19 ± 0.05^a
∑SFAs	42.98 ± 6.68^c	33.76 ± 5.72^b	24.75 ± 1.58^a	35.72 ± 4.16^b
14:1	0.36 ± 0.31	0.52 ± 0.44	0.15 ± 0.04	0.30 ± 0.10
16:1	0.78 ± 0.35	0.95 ± 0.22	0.73 ± 0.20	0.99 ± 0.21
18:1n-7	2.80 ± 1.35	1.75 ± 0.20	1.71 ± 0.16	1.92 ± 0.12
18:1n-9	14.36 ± 3.24^a	18.50 ± 2.26^ab	27.51 ± 12.89^b	24.89 ± 3.53^ab
20:1n-9	0.37 ± 0.12	0.14 ± 0.04	0.19 ± 0.05	0.32 ± 0.28
22:1n-9	2.04 ± 0.62^b	0.19 ± 0.09^a	0.21 ± 0.22^a	0.63 ± 0.26^a
24:1n-9	0.27 ± 0.09^b	0.06 ± 0.05^a	0.02 ± 0.01^a	0.06 ± 0.04^a
∑MUFAs	21.37 ± 4.01	22.26 ± 2.69	30.55 ± 13.05	29.21 ± 3.64
18:2n-6	19.54 ± 5.67	27.28 ± 5.18	24.29 ± 6.18	22.78 ± 4.16
18:3n-6	0.89 ± 0.26^ab	0.92 ± 0.29^ab	0.57 ± 0.19^a	1.13 ± 0.19^b
20:2n-6	0.37 ± 0.20	0.41 ± 0.49	0.25 ± 0.09	0.37 ± 0.35
20:3n-6	0.59 ± 0.31^b	0.26 ± 0.16^a	0.30 ± 0.13^ab	0.23 ± 0.09^a
20:4n-6	8.53 ± 2.61	9.37 ± 2.29	11.08 ± 4.08	6.91 ± 2.00
22:2n-6	0.26 ± 0.15^b	0.18 ± 0.21^ab	0.03 ± 0.03^a	0.06 ± 0.04^ab
22:4n-6	0.61 ± 0.29^a	0.45 ± 0.28^a	1.58 ± 0.81^b	0.20 ± 0.12^a
22:5n-6	0.53 ± 0.33^ab	0.15 ± 0.06^a	0.75 ± 0.33^b	0.33 ± 0.20^ab
∑n-6 PUFAs	31.32 ± 7.66	39.02 ± 6.57	38.86 ± 10.87	31.99 ± 5.19
18:3n-3	0.81 ± 0.31	1.22 ± 0.39	1.30 ± 0.45	0.84 ± 0.22
20:3n-3	0.13 ± 0.03	0.09 ± 0.06	0.04 ± 0.02	0.17 ± 0.15
20:5n-3	1.27 ± 0.47^ab	1.40 ± 0.52^b	0.71 ± 0.22^a	1.03 ± 0.35^ab
22:5n-3	0.58 ± 0.14^a	0.55 ± 0.25^a	1.52 ± 0.57^b	0.39 ± 0.21^a
22:6n-3	1.54 ± 0.42^b	1.70 ± 0.56^b	2.26 ± 0.62^b	0.63 ± 0.18^a
∑n-3 PUFAs	4.33 ± 1.17^ab	4.96 ± 1.20^b	5.84 ± 1.45^b	3.07 ± 0.50^a
∑PUFAs	35.65 ± 8.81	43.98 ± 7.74	44.70 ± 12.22	35.06 ± 5.51
Total fatty acids (mg/100 ml)	11.48 ± 2.74^a	58.66 ± 27.51^ab	116.85 ± 46.66^b	83.17 ± 79.18^ab

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.