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

Table 4. Proportion of fatty acids in thoracic limb at 39 weeks (n = 10 for each condition).

  Ad Rt P-value
  Ctrl Supp Ctrl Supp Diet Supp Diet*Supp
C18:2 26.08 ± 0.57 22.25 ± 0.33 27.58 ± 0.76 25.54 ± 0.80 0.0007 <0.0001 0.17
C18:3 1.72 ± 0.11 1.26 ± 0.07 1.70 ± 0.10 1.40 ± 0.10 0.56 0.0004 0.42
C20:4 n-6 3.49 ± 0.17 2.26 ± 0.23 4.28 ± 0.58 3.65 ± 0.38 0.006 0.01 0.44
C20:5 n-3 0.08 ± 0.01 0.29 ± 0.03 0.07 ± 0.01 0.33 ± 0.05 0.55 <0.0001 0.36
C22:4 n-6 0.21 ± 0.01 0.07 ± 0.01 0.27 ± 0.04 0.14 ± 0.01 0.01 <0.0001 0.77
C22:5 n-3 0.46 ± 0.03 0.60 ± 0.06 0.56 ± 0.07 0.77 ± 0.08 0.03 0.008 0.59
C22:6 n-3 1.11 ± 0.06 1.71 ± 0.22 1.00 ± 0.13 2.17 ± 0.28 0.37 <0.0001 0.15
n-6 29.80 ± 0.49 24.59 ± 0.42 32.14 ± 0.72 29.34 ± 0.80 <0.0001 <0.0001 0.06
n-3 3.39 ± 0.08 3.88 ± 0.27 3.35 ± 0.17 4.68 ± 0.33 0.11 0.0004 0.07
n-6/n-3 8.79 ± 0.15 6.58 ± 0.41 9.73 ±0.38 6.61 ± 0.60 0.25 <0.0001 0.27

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