Table 2.

The basal secreted fatty acid profile from periprostatic and subcutaneous adipose tissue from men undergoing radical prostatectomy.

Fatty Acid (mol %)	PPAT (n = 54)	SAT (n = 48)
SFA
14:0	2.47 ± 0.08	2.26 ± 0.11
15:0	0.07 ± 0.03	0.04 ± 0.02
16:0	22.32 ± 0.18	21.54 ± 0.18 *
17:0	0.84 ± 0.04	0.79 ± 0.04
18:0	15.89 ± 0.31	16.50 ± 0.46
20:0	0.45 ± 0.11	0.19 ± 0.04 *
22:0	0.06 ± 0.02	0.04 ± 0.04
24:0	0.63 ± 0.04	0.70 ± 0.05
MUFA
14:1 n-9	0.04 ± 0.02	0.05 ± 0.02
15:1 n-10	0.11 ± 0.04	0.30 ± 0.06 *
16:1 n-7	2.46 ± 0.10	2.63 ± 0.14
17:1 n-7	0.02 ± 0.02	0.04 ± 0.02
18:1 n-7	0.67 ± 0.05	0.62 ± 0.05
18:1 n-9	31.16 ± 0.46	30.65 ± 0.61
20:1 n-9	0.20 ± 0.04	0.13 ± 0.03
22:1 n-9	1.71 ± 0.31	0.62 ± 0.14 *
24:1 n-9	0.07 ± 0.02	0.13 ± 0.04
PUFA n-6
18:2 n-6	12.00 ± 0.23	12.20 ± 0.21
18:3 n-6	0.11 ± 0.04	0.32 ± 0.07 *
20:3 n-6	1.28 ± 0.05	1.54 ± 0.08 *
20:4 n-6	1.84 ± 0.06	2.21 ± 0.09 *
22:2 n-6	0.04 ± 0.04	0.45 ± 0.04
22:4 n-6	0.04 ± 0.03	0.10 ± 0.05
22:5 n-6	0.04 ± 0.04	0.13 ± 0.06
22:2 n-6	0.36 ± 0.04	0.45 ± 0.04
PUFA n-3
18:3 n-3	2.24 ± 0.06	2.31 ± 0.07
20:5 n-3	1.02 ± 0.04	1.10 ± 0.05
22:5 n-3	1.64 ± 0.05	1.83 ± 0.05 *
22:6 n-3	0.27 ± 0.04	0.58 ± 0.10 *
Summary statistics
∑ SFA	42.71 ± 0.42	42.07 ± 0.50
∑ MUFA	36.46 ± 0.52	35.16 ± 0.75
∑ PUFA	20.83± 0.37	22.77 ± 0.5 *
∑ n-6	15.66 ± 0.27	16.95 ± 0.34 *
∑ n-3	5.17 ± 0.15	5.81 ±0.18 *

Mean ± SEM are shown. * p < 0.05 by a Student t-test. PPAT: periprostatic adipose tissue; SAT: subcutaneous adipose tissue; SFA: saturated fatty acid; MUFA: monounsaturated fatty acid; PUFA: polyunsaturated fatty acids.