Table 3. Proportion of fatty acids in adipose tissue at 39 weeks (n = 10 for each condition).
Ad | Rt | P-value | |||||
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Ctrl | Supp | Ctrl | Supp | Diet | Supp | Diet*Supp | |
C18:2 | 32.54 ± 1.34 | 26.67 ± 0.94 | 33.29 ± 1.25 | 32.48 ± 0.83 | 0.005 | 0.004 | 0.02 |
C18:3 | 2.63 ± 0.13 | 1.86 ± 0.11 | 2.52 ± 0.09 | 2.30 ± 0.10 | 0.12 | <0.0001 | 0.01 |
C20:4 n-6 | 0.09 ± 0.01 | 0.06 ± 0.01 | 0.09 ± 0.01 | 0.11 ± 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.83 | 0.01 |
C20:5 n-3 | 0.02 ± 0.004 | 0.03 ± 0.004 | ± 0.006 | 0.04 ± 0.01 | 0.30 | 0.03 | 0.58 |
C22:4 n-6 | 0.03 ± 0.003 | 0.02 ± 0.005 | 0.02 ± 0.003 | 0.03 ± 0.003 | 0.88 | 0.88 | 0.21 |
C22:5 n-3 | 0.02 ± 0.004 | 0.02 ± 0.004 | 0.02 ± 0.004 | 0.042 ± 0.007 | 0.01 | 0.15 | 0.15 |
C22:6 n-3 | 0.03 ± 0.005 | 0.04 ± 0.009 | 0.03 ± 0.005 | 0.07 ± 0.02 | 0.17 | 0.05 | 0.26 |
n-6 | 32.66 ± 1.34 | 26.771 ± 0.95 | 33.41 ± 1.25 | 32.63 ± 0.83 | 0.005 | 0.004 | 0.02 |
n-3 | 2.70 ± 0.13 | 1.96 ± 0.11 | 2.61 ± 0.09 | 2.46 ± 0.09 | 0.05 | 0.0002 | 0.008 |
n-6/n-3 | 12.14 ± 0.26 | 13.88 ± 0.55 | 12.78 ± 0.17 | 13.32 ± 0.43 | 0.90 | 0.005 | 0.12 |
Results are presented as lsmeans ± SEM. P values of the effects of diet, supplementation and the interaction between diet and supplementation were considered as significant if P ≤ 0.05. Ad: ad libitum, Rt: restricted, Supp: supplemented, Ctrl: control unsupplemented