Table 6.

Free fatty acids in RBCs in response to exercise (n = 6)

Fatty acid (μg/g)	Time point 1 (rest)	Time point 3 (exhaustion)	t‐test, P value
C12:0	0.135 ± 0.043	0.127 ± 0.049	0.76
C14:0	0.505 ± 0.254	0.405 ± 0.108	0.39
C14:1	0.027 ± 0.014	0.022 ± 0.012	0.51
C16:0	3.020 ± 0.221	2.945 ± 0.275	0.614
C16:1	0.232 ± 0.154	0.135 ± 0.014	0.16
C18:0	7.420 ± 1.697	7.658 ± 1.929	0.82
C18:1 cis	1.615 ± 0.662	1.297 ± 0.328	0.32
C18:1 trans	0.141 ± 0.083	0.080 ± 0.028	0.11
C18:2	0.508 ± 0.291	0.363 ± 0.080	0.27
C18:3 n−3	0.150 ± 0.149	0.087 ± 0.041	0.34
C18:3 n−6	0.018 ± 0.012	0.013 ± 0.005	0.36
C20:1	0.055 ± 0.048	0.035 ± 0.014	0.35
C20:2 n−6	0.023 ± 0.023	0.017 ± 0.008	0.52
C20:3 n−6	0.025 ± 0.018	0.017 ± 0.005	0.29
C20:4 n−6	0.278 ± 0.098	0.225 ± 0.033	0.23
C20:5 n−3 (EPA)	0.037 ± 0.005	0.030 ± 0.006	0.07
C22:1 n−9	0.010 ± 0.011	0.007 ± 0.005	0.51
C22:5 n−3	0.673 ± 0.542	0.432 ± 0.109	0.29
C22:5 n−6	0.298 ± 0.330	0.160 ± 0.039	0.33
C22:6 n−3 (DHA)	0.085 ± 0.110	0.043 ± 0.012	0.38
C24:1 n−9	0.127 ± 0.134	0.098 ± 0.053	0.64