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

TABLE 6.

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

Fatty Acid	Baseline	15 Days of Pregnancy	20 Days of Pregnancy	7 Days Postpartum
	weight % of total fatty acids
14:0	0.77 ± 0.15^a	0.85 ± 0.17^a	1.14 ± 0.26^ab	1.57 ± 0.70^b
16:0	23.89 ± 0.75^ab	21.96 ± 1.96^a	26.29 ± 2.85^b	25.89 ± 1.56^b
18:0	3.48 ± 0.78^a	5.87 ± 1.25^ab	9.10 ± 3.58^b	10.22 ± 3.94^b
20:0	0.09 ± 0.03^a	0.14 ± 0.04^ab	0.21 ± 0.07^ab	0.46 ± 0.42^b
22:0	0.03 ± 0.02	0.06 ± 0.06	0.11 ± 0.10	0.14 ± 0.09
24:0	0.01 ± 0.01^a	0.03 ± 0.02^ab	0.07 ± 0.04^b	0.06 ± 0.03^b
∑SFAs	29.19 ± 0.84^a	29.45 ± 3.35^a	37.99 ± 6.15^b	40.13 ± 4.72^b
14:1	0.09 ± 0.07^a	0.04 ± 0.02^a	0.18 ± 0.06^ab	0.25 ± 0.14^b
16:1	3.37 ± 2.4	2.22 ± 0.35	2.05 ± 1.51	2.24 ± 1.20
18:1n-7	1.78 ± 0.14	1.88 ± 0.12	2.01 ± 0.26	1.93 ± 0.24
18:1n-9	22.63 ± 3.4	21.54 ± 2.20	18.60 ± 1.97	21.75 ± 2.86
20:1n-9	0.13 ± 0.03^a	0.18 ± 0.06^a	0.29 ± 0.07^b	0.20 ± 0.08^ab
22:1n-9	0.18 ± 0.06^a	0.38 ± 0.15^ab	0.46 ± 0.09^b	0.40 ± 0.27^ab
24:1n-9	0.02 ± 0.01	0.04 ± 0.02	0.07 ± 0.06	0.06 ± 0.04
∑MUFAs	28.29 ± 5.09	26.35 ± 2.51	23.79 ± 2.29	26.94 ± 2.49
18:2n-6	32.30 ± 3.72^b	30.26 ± 3.90^b	24.06 ± 4.07^a	24.23 ± 2.69^a
18:3n-6	0.72 ± 0.14^ab	1.04 ± 0.19^b	0.72 ± 0.13^a	0.99 ± 0.28^ab
20:2n-6	0.20 ± 0.05^ab	0.23 ± 0.08^ab	0.29 ± 0.08^b	0.18 ± 0.04^a
20:3n-6	0.25 ± 0.07	0.32 ± 0.11	0.33 ± 0.05	0.24 ± 0.05
20:4n-6	3.93 ± 1.13	6.52 ± 1.47	6.91 ± 2.98	4.27 ± 1.37
22:2n-6	0.01 ± 0.01	0.04 ± 0.03	0.11 ± 0.13	0.06 ± 0.05
22:4n-6	0.51 ± 0.20^a	0.74 ± 0.36^a	1.36 ± 0.45^b	0.49 ± 0.12^a
22:5n-6	0.25 ± 0.09^a	0.26 ± 0.17^ab	0.53 ± 0.25^b	0.32 ± 0.08^ab
∑n-6 PUFAs	38.18 ± 5.12^b	39.42 ± 4.26^b	34.31 ± 3.89^ab	30.78 ± 3.82^a
18:3n-3	1.76 ± 0.33^c	1.50 ± 0.35^bc	1.20 ± 0.17^b	0.70 ± 0.15^a
20:3n-3	0.01 ± 0.01	0.03 ± 0.01	0.04 ± 0.02	0.03 ± 0.02
20:5n-3	0.65 ± 0.18^ab	0.88 ± 0.33^b	0.46 ± 0.23^ab	0.44 ± 0.25^a
22:5n-3	0.52 ± 0.16^ab	0.66 ± 0.20^ab	0.96 ± 0.47^b	0.43 ± 0.16^a
22:6n-3	1.40 ± 0.20^b	1.73 ± 0.32^b	1.25 ± 0.61^b	0.54 ± 0.33^a
∑n-3 PUFAs	4.35 ± 0.54^b	4.79 ± 0.65^b	3.91 ± 1.27^b	2.15 ± 0.81^a
∑PUFAs	42.52 ± 5.51^b	44.20 ± 4.90^b	38.21 ± 4.89^ab	32.93 ± 4.54^a
Total fatty acids (mg/g)	12.19 ± 4.10^b	5.95 ± 2.59^a	4.08 ± 0.78^a	2.85 ± 0.63^a

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.