Table 3.

Contents (% of total FA) of main FAs and FA groups in normal and colorectal cancer tissue.

Fatty Acids	Normal	Cancer Tissue	p
16:0	22.0 ± 0.368	20.7 ± 0.318	0.017
18:0	7.14 ± 0.467	12.5 ± 0.567	<0.001
Total SFA	32.6 ± 0.657	36.8 ± 0.519 a	<0.001
16:1	4.86 ± 0.353	3.34 ± 0.201	<0.001
18:1	45.0 ± 0.953	35.6 ± 1.07	<0.001
Total MUFA	51.1 ± 1.15	40.6 ± 1.21 b	<0.001
18:2 (LA)	11.1 ± 0.398	11.2 ± 0.399	0.682
20:4 (ARA)	2.99 ± 0.349	6.73 ± 0.500	<0.001
Total n-6 PUFA	15.2 ± 0.722	20.5 ± 0.719 a	<0.001
18:3 (ALA)	0.040 ± 0.004	0.050 ± 0.007	0.012
20:5 (EPA)	0.210 ± 0.025	0.450 ± 0.041	<0.001
22:6 (DHA)	0.450 ± 0.044	1.02 ± 0.059	<0.001
Total n-3 PUFA	1.02 ± 0.082	2.11 ± 0.107 a	<0.001

^a Upregulated; ^b downregulated. Values are mean ± SEM. Bold represents main groups of fatty acids.