Lipids in Health and Disease

Table 6 Lipid desaturation indexes in gonadal and inguinal adipose tissue depots

From: Isocaloric intake of a high-fat diet modifies adiposity and lipid handling in a sex dependent manner in rats

	Male		Female
	Control	HF	Control	HF	ANOVA
Gonadal fat
16:1/16:0	0.207 ± 0.020	0.106 ± 0.002^a	0.171 ± 0.012	0.135 ± 0.020	D, SxD
18:1/18:0	7.49 ± 1.10	8.14 ± 0.29	8.66 ± 0.56	8.14 ± 1.02	NS
Inguinal fat
16:1/16:0	0.217 ± 0.015	0.115 ± 0.007^a	0.181 ± 0.032	0.111 ± 0.015^a	D
18:1/18:0	9.25 ± 0.49	7.34 ± 0.30^a	9.24 ± 1.74	5.68 ± 0.69^{a, b}	D, SxD

Values are expressed as the mean ± S.E.M. of 7 animals per group. ANOVA (p < 0.05): D, diet effect; SxD, interactive effect; NS, non significant; Student's t-test (p < 0.05): ^aHF vs Control, ^bFemale vs Male.

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