Table 2.

Fatty acid profile (FAME measured by GC-FID) in liver, gAT and iAT

	Fatty acids	F	M		P values
LIVER	Total C16	34.5 ± 0.8	32.9 ± 0.3		ns
	Total C18	63.6 ± 0.3	64.7 ± 0.6		ns
	Total C20	1.2 ± 0.4	1.8 ± 0.3		ns
	C18:0/C16:0	0.02 ± 0.01	0.09 ± 0.01	**	P < 0.01
	C18:1/C18:0	146 ± 46	25 ± 3	*	P < 0.05
	C16:0/C18:2	10.2 ± 0.8	4.3 ± 0.6	**	P < 0.01
	Total SFA (%)	27.2 ± 0.4	27.5 ± 0.5		ns
	Total MUFA (%)	69.3 ± 0.2	65.4 ± 1.2	*	P < 0.05
	Total PUFA (%)	3.0 ± 0.3	7.2 ± 0.8	**	P < 0.01
	MUFA/SFA	2.5 ± 0.0	2.4 ± 0.1		ns
	PUFA/SFA	0.1 ± 0.0	0.3 ± 0.0	**	P < 0.01
	MUFA/PUFA	22.4 ± 1.9	9.6 ± 1.3	**	P < 0.01
gAT	Total C16	53.2 ± 3.6	43.8 ± 0.8	*	P < 0.05
	Total C18	45.9 ± 3.4	55.2 ± 0.9	*	P < 0.05
	C16:1/C16:0	0.46 ± 0.03	0.35 ± 0.02	*	P < 0.05
	Total SFA (%)	37.1 ± 3.2	33.3 ± 0.4		ns
	Total MUFA (%)	45.5 ± 1.2	45.2 ± 1.5		ns
	Total PUFA (%)	18.8 ± 0.4	21.3 ± 1.6		ns
	MUFA/SFA	1.3 ± 0.1	1.4 ± 0.1		ns
	PUFA/SFA	0.6 ± 0.0	0.6 ± 0.1		ns
	MUFA/PUFA	2.5 ± 0.1	2.2 ± 0.2		ns
iAT	Total C16	42.2 ± 4.4	35.3 ± 2.4		ns
	Total C18	55.0 ± 3.7	66.0 ± 2.3	*	P < 0.05
	C16:1/C16:0	0.49 ± 0.03	0.42 ± 0.08		ns
	Total SFA (%)	30.2 ± 3.4	26.0 ± 0.7		ns
	Total MUFA (%)	50.3 ± 2.2	48.0 ± 2.7		ns
	Total PUFA (%)	18.5 ± 0.8	28.5 ± 2.0	*	P ≤ 0.01
	MUFA/SFA	1.7 ± 0.2	1.8 ± 0.1		ns
	PUFA/SFA	0.6 ± 0.1	1.1 ± 0.1	*	P < 0.05
	MUFA/PUFA	2.7 ± 0.1	1.7 ± 0.2	*	P ≤ 0.01

Data are presented as mean ± sem, n = 3–4. Differences between sexes were determined by two-tailed Student’s t test with statistical significance determined using the Holm-Sidak method, with alpha = 5.000%. Each row was analyzed individually, without assuming a consistent SD. *, P < 0.05, **, P < 0.01, M vs F were considered significant. ns = not significant. M male, F female, SFA saturated fatty acid, MUFA monounsaturated fatty acid, PUFA polyunsaturated fatty acid, gAT perigonadal adipose tissue and iAT inguinal adipose tissue