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. 2018 Jan 24;13(1):e0191121. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0191121

Table 3. Proportion of fatty acids in adipose tissue at 39 weeks (n = 10 for each condition).

  Ad Rt P-value
  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