Table 4.

Hepatic fatty acid ratios in adult male Wistar rat offspring ¹.

	RC-NF	HC-NF	RC-HF	HC-HF	P GD	P PWD	P GD*PWD
C 16:1 n-7/C16:0	0.08 ± 0.008	0.13 ± 0.013*	0.049 ± 0.006	0.037 ± 0.003	0.07	0.01	0.01
C18:1 n-9/C18:0	0.73 ± 0.07	0.84 ± 0.09	1.63 ± 0.24	0.98 ± 0.15 *	0.09	0.01	0.02
DHA/ARA	0.36 ± 0.02	0.36 ± 0.02	1.19 ± 0.12	1.69 ± 0.06 *	0.36	0.33	0.21
DHA/EPA	22.5 ± 3.5	21.9 ± 1.8	20.4 ± 2.5	33.7 ± 6.55	0.12	0.24	0.11
n-6/n-3	4.28 ± 0.21	4.23 ± 0.22	5.43 ± 0.21	4.52 ± 0.23 **	0.03	0.01	0.05

¹ Male Wistar offspring were born to dams fed either a recommended choline (RC) or a high choline (HC) gestational diet (GD) then weaned to either a normal fat (NF) or high fat (HF) post-weaning diet (PWD) for 17 weeks. Values are mean ± SEM, n = 8–9/group. Data were analyzed using a 2-way ANOVA to test the interaction effect of GD and PWD. * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01 by Student’s T-test comparing groups stratified by PWD. Abbreviations: RC-NF: recommended choline (1 g/kg) gestational diet weaned to normal fat (16%Kcal) post-weaning diet; HC-NF: high choline (2.5 g/kg) gestational diet weaned to normal fat (16% Kcal) post-weaning diet; RC-HF: recommended choline (1 g/kg) gestational diet weaned to high fat (45%Kcal) post-weaning diet; HC-HF: high choline (2.5 g/kg) gestational diet weaned to high fat (45%Kcal) post-weaning diet; DHA: docosahexaenoic acid; ARA: arachidonic acid; EPA: eicosapentaenoic acid; n-6: omega-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids; n-3: omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids.