Fatty acid ( % of total) | Lean | Obese | Main effect | Â | |||||||
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 | CON | FLAX | FISH | SDA | CON | FLAX | FISH | SDA | Genotype | Diet | Interaction |
LA [18:2(n-6)] | 1.12 ± 0.18 | 0.87 ± 0.18 | 0.81 ± 0.18 | 0.67 ± 0.18 | 1.33 ± 0.19 | 1.10 ± 0.17 | 1.32 ± 0.20 | 0.86 ± 0.20 | P = 0.25 | P = 0.025i | P = 0.69 |
ALA [18:3(n-3)] | 1.14 ± 0.10ab | 7.88 ± 0.11c | 1.94 ± 0.10e | 7.47 ± 0.11d | 0.79 ± 0.11b | 5.14 ± 0.10f | 1.17 ± 0.12a | 4.71 ± 0.12g | P < 0.0001†| P < 0.0001ii | ΔP < 0.0001 |
SDA [18:4(n-3)] | 0.05 ± 0.074a | 0.04 ± 0.08a | 0.28 ± 0.073c | 5.06 ± 0.075b | 0.004 ± 0.08a | 0.005 ± 0.07a | 0.14 ± 0.082a | 2.51 ± 0.082d | P < 0.0001†| P < 0.0001iii | ΔP < 0.0001 |
AA [20:4(n-6)] | 0.43 ± 0.03 | 0.27 ± 0.035 | 0.35 ± 0.034 | 0.43 ± 0.04 | 0.56 ± 0.037 | 0.32 ± 0.032 | 0.34 ± 0.038 | 0.45 ± 0.04 | P = 0.36 | P < 0.0001iv | P = 0.15 |
EPA [20:5(n-3)] | 0.14 ± 0.09 | 0.15 ± 0.087 | 1.21 ± 0.086 | 0.59 ± 0.089 | n.d. | 0.07 ± 0.08 | 0.88 ± 0.10 | 0.51 ± 0.10 | P = 0.16 | P < 0.0001v | P = 0.30 |
DPA [22:5(n-3)] | 0.12 ± 0.07ad | 0.24 ± 0.076ad | 0.89 ± 0.073c | 0.61 ± 0.076b | 0.04 ± 0.08a | 0.28 ± 0.070d | 1.05 ± 0.083c | 1.00 ± 0.082c | P = 0.20 | P < 0.0001vi | ΔP = 0.0029 |
DHA [22:6(n-3)] | 0.11 ± 0.10 | 0.18 ± 0.10 | 1.69 ± 0.10 | 0.22 ± 0.10 | 0.11 ± 0.10 | 0.33 ± 0.088 | 1.45 ± 0.10 | 0.53 ± 0.10 | P = 0.82 | P < 0.0001v | P = 0.52 |
∑SFA | 22.68 ± 0.44a | 23.06 ± 0.44a | 25.66 ± 0.43c | 20.59 ± 0.44b | 27.91 ± 0.47d | 27.84 ± 0.41d | 30.43 ± 0.49e | 27.66 ± 0.48d | P < 0.0001‡ | P < 0.0001vii | ΔP < 0.0001 |
∑MUFA | 69.12 ± 0.50a | 62.27 ± 0.51b | 56.64 ± 0.50d | 53.59 ± 0.51c | 61.64 ± 0.54b | 56.39 ± 0.48d | 51.00 ± 0.56e | 50.55 ± 0.56e | P < 0.0001†| P < 0.0001viii | ΔP = 0.0055 |
∑n3PUFA | 1.65 ± 0.36a | 8.61 ± 0.37d | 6.08 ± 0.35c | 14.65 ± 0.37f | 0.83 ± 0.39a | 5.78 ± 0.34c | 4.76 ± 0.40b | 9.92 ± 0.40e | P < 0.0001†| P < 0.0001ix | ΔP < 0.0001 |
∑n6PUFA | 1.55 ± 0.17 | 1.15 ± 0.17 | 1.16 ± 0.17 | 1.12 ± 0.18 | 1.88 ± 0.18 | 1.42 ± 0.16 | 1.66 ± 0.19 | 1.31 ± 0.19 | P = 0.17 | P = 0.0046x | P = 0.76 |