. 2019 Dec 12;8(12):2197. doi: 10.3390/jcm8122197

Table 2.

Concentration of individual ceramide molecular species in liver of obese females and males.

Ceramide nmol/mg	Females			Males
Ceramide nmol/mg	NGT	IGT	T2D	NGT	IGT	T2D
C14:0-Cer	1.08 ± 0.23	0.89 ± 0.16 ^a	1.15 ± 0.12 *	0.81 ± 0.23	0.94 ± 0.19	0.92 ± 0.12
C16:0-Cer	17.81 ± 3.4	19.49 ± 2.5	22.99 ± 3.1 ^a,*	16.83 ± 3.50	19.25 ± 2.45	20.84 ± 3.71 ^a
C18:1-Cer	0.43 ± 0.09	0.40 ± 0.11	0.38 ± 0.08	0.33 ± 0.11	0.36 ± 0.10	0.35 ± 0.09
C18:0-Cer	1.21 ± 0.22	1.52 ± 0.17 ^a	1.80 ± 0.25 ^a,*	1.42 ± 0.48	1.68 ± 0.32	1.86 ± 0.36 ^a
C20:0-Cer	1.46 ± 0.30	1.62 ± 0.43	1.80 ± 0.28 ^a	1.48 ± 0.36	1.83 ± 0.33 ^a	1.79 ± 0.35
C22:0-Cer	15.11 ± 3.13	17.59 ± 2.47	20.48 ± 3.04 ^a	14.87 ± 3.54	18.49 ± 3.59 ^a	20.16 ± 2.67 ^a
C24:1-Cer	29.37 ± 6.01	31.20 ± 5.54	32.03 ± 6.49	29.48 ± 6.73	33.68 ± 5.64	35.85 ± 5.09 ^a
C24:0-Cer	22.40 ± 5.02	25.32 ± 4.55	27.74 ± 5.11 ^a	24.25 ± 5.39	27.16 ± 3.49	29.59 ± 3.37 ^a
Total Cer	88.87 ± 14.46	98.02 ± 12.22	108.37 ± 9.73 ^a	89.47 ± 17.17	103.41 ± 12.54 ^a	111.36 ± 11.15 ^a

Data expressed as mean ± standard deviation; NGT—normal glucose tolerance group; IGT—impaired glucose tolerance group; T2D—type 2 diabetes group; ^a p < 0.05 vs. NGT; * p < 0.05 vs. IGT.