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. 2019 Jul 5;11(7):1534. doi: 10.3390/nu11071534

Table 2.

Effects and differences between sexes, of maternal hydroxytyrosol supplementation on the fatty acid profile of the fetal liver. Mean values (±SEM) of neutral lipids in female (F) and male (M) fetuses of the treated (HTX) and the control group (C).

HTX C p-Value
Fatty Acids (g/100 g Total Fatty Acids) Mean Female Male Mean Female Male HTX vs. C Global Same Sex (HTX vs. C) Same Experimental Group (F vs. M)
HTX vs. C Females HTX vs. C Males F vs. M within HTX Group F vs. M within C Group
C14:0 2.98 ± 0.09 2.88 ± 0.09 3.09 ± 0.18 2.50 ± 0.07 2.55 ± 0.10 2.43 ± 0.10 0.000 0.020 0.001 0.192 0.384
C16:0 24.98 ± 0.27 24.78 ± 0.31 25.12 ± 0.51 24.13 ± 0.39 24.24 ± 0.48 24.1 ± 0.65 0.086 0.307 0.170 0.339 0.861
C16:1n-9 1.88 ± 0.06 1.89 ± 0.08 1.83 ± 0.12 1.33 ± 0.05 1.40 ± 0.07 1.26 ± 0.06 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.815 0.135
C16:1n-7 8.20 ± 0.17 7.87 ± 0.19 8.59 ± 0.30 7.23 ± 0.11 7.39 ± 0.17 7.04 ± 0.14 0.000 0.060 0.000 0.025 0.126
C17:0 1.23 ± 0.04 1.26 ± 0.06 1.22 ± 0.07 1.31 ± 0.04 1.29 ± 0.05 1.32 ± 0.06 0.172 0.537 0.170 0.519 0.742
C17:1 1.09 ± 0.02 1.09 ± 0.03 1.10 ± 0.04 1.06 ± 0.02 1.06 ± 0.02 1.05 ± 0.02 0.210 0.380 0.380 0.753 0.601
C18:0 14.87 ± 0.37 15.32 ± 0.41 14.39 ± 0.67 19.41 ± 0.48 18.77 ± 0.69 20.28 ± 0.63 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.190 0.121
C18:1n-9 17.79 ± 0.35 17.61 ± 0.47 17.83 ± 0.58 15.61 ± 0.40 15.91 ± 0.55 15.37 ± 0.59 0.000 0.011 0.004 0.767 0.508
C18:1n-7 7.52 ± 0.14 7.36 ± 0.14 7.79 ± 0.25 7.26 ± 0.07 7.18 ± 0.10 7.36 ± 0.11 0.077 0.307 0.134 0.155 0.235
C18:2n-6 2.89 ± 0.07 2.92 ± 0.08 2.84 ± 0.13 2.65 ± 0.08 2.67 ± 0.10 2.59 ± 0.12 0.022 0.057 0.199 0.363 0.601
C18:3n-3 0.24 ± 0.01 0.23 ± 0.01 0.25 ± 0.01 0.23 ± 0.01 0.22 ± 0.01 0.23 ± 0.01 0.173 0.372 0.290 0.367 0.499
C20:1n-9 0.34 ± 0.01 0.33 ± 0.01 0.35 ± 0.02 0.27 ± 0.01 0.28 ± 0.02 0.27 ± 0.02 0.000 0.007 0.004 0.500 0.813
C20:3n-6 0.38 ± 0.01 0.38 ± 0.01 0.37 ± 0.02 0.37 ± 0.01 0.37 ± 0.02 0.37 ± 0.02 0.954 0.900 0.960 0.613 0.892
C20:4n-6 10.83 ± 0.35 11.17 ± 0.41 10.54 ± 0.64 11.68 ± 0.57 11.66 ± 0.72 11.55 ± 0.93 0.221 0.447 0.337 0.311 0.924
C20:5n-3 0.21 ± 0.03 0.24 ± 0.05 0.17 ± 0.01 0.20 ± 0.01 0.20 ± 0.02 0.20 ± 0.02 0.869 0.704 0.539 0.569 0.897
C22:4n-6 0.61 ± 0.03 0.59 ± 0.04 0.62 ± 0.04 0.50 ± 0.02 0.50 ± 0.03 0.49 ± 0.04 0.004 0.066 0.024 0.55 0.873
C22:5n-3 0.39 ± 0.02 0.39 ± 0.02 0.39 ± 0.03 0.36 ± 0.03 0.37 ± 0.04 0.35 ± 0.04 0.516 0.995 0.347 0.606 0.654
C22:6n-3 3.59 ± 0.13 3.72 ± 0.15 3.52 ± 0.26 3.89 ± 0.23 3.92 ± 0.31 3.75 ± 0.34 0.287 0.415 0.492 0.364 0.710
SFA 44.06 ± 0.21 44.23 ± 0.26 43.81 ± 0.35 47.35 ± 0.61 46.86 ± 0.76 48.13 ± 0.98 0.000 0.004 0.001 0.538 0.302
MUFA 36.82 ± 0.63 36.14 ± 0.75 37.49 ± 1.14 32.77 ± 0.56 33.22 ± 0.81 32.34 ± 0.76 0.000 0.006 0.000 0.296 0.441
PUFA 19.12 ± 0.54 19.63 ± 0.63 18.7 ± 1.03 19.88 ± 0.91 19.92 ± 1.16 19.53 ± 1.46 0.497 0.680 0.581 0.329 0.832
UI 1.14 ± 0.02 1.16 ± 0.02 1.13 ± 0.04 1.15 ± 0.04 1.15 ± 0.05 1.13 ± 0.06 0.903 0.890 0.962 0.414 0.727
PUFAn-3 4.42 ± 0.15 4.57 ± 0.18 4.33 ± 0.29 4.68 ± 0.25 4.72 ± 0.34 4.53 ± 0.38 0.408 0.513 0.607 0.411 0.712
PUFAn-6 14.7 ± 0.40 15.06 ± 0.47 14.37 ± 0.74 15.2 ± 0.66 15.2 ± 0.83 14.99 ± 1.09 0.540 0.758 0.577 0.309 0.881
Σn-6/Σn-3 3.37 ± 0.04 3.33 ± 0.05 3.39 ± 0.07 3.46 ± 0.11 3.46 ± 0.17 3.48 ± 0.15 0.483 0.611 0.637 0.626 0.954
C18:1/C18:0 1.80 ± 0.09 1.69 ± 0.09 1.93 ± 0.18 1.23 ± 0.05 1.29 ± 0.07 1.15 ± 0.05 0.000 0.001 0.000 0.200 0.119
MUFA/SFA 0.84 ± 0.02 0.82 ± 0.02 0.86 ± 0.03 0.7 ± 0.01 0.71 ± 0.02 0.68 ± 0.02 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.298 0.159

FA (g/100 g Total FA) = Fatty Acids (g/100 g Total Fatty Acids); SFA = Saturated fatty acids. Includes: C14:0, C16:0, C17:0 and C18:0; MUFA = Monounsaturated fatty acids. Includes: C16:1n-9, C16:1n-7, C17:1, C18:1n-9, C18:1n-7, C20:1n-9; PUFA = Polyunsaturated fatty acids. Includes: C18:2n-6, C18:3n-3, C20:3n-9, C20:3n-6, C20:4n-6, C20:5n-3, C22:4n-6, C22:5n-6, C22:5n-3 and C22:6n-3; UI = Unsaturation index; Includes: C18:2n-6, C20:4n-6 and C22:4n-6; Includes: C18:3n-3, C20:5n-3 and C22:6n-3.