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

Table 8 Pearson's correlation coefficients between fatty acid content of adipose tissue depots and adiposity index

Adipose tissue fatty acid content	Adiposity index
	Male	Female
Gonadal fat
SFA	NS	NS
MUFA	0.771**	NS
PUFA	-0.858**	NS
Inguinal fat
SFA	NS	NS
MUFA	0.791**	NS
PUFA	-0.797**	NS

Fatty acid content was expressed as the percentage of its integrated chromatogram peak area with respect to the total area of fatty acids that were identified (C14:0, C16:0, C18:0, C20:0, C16:1n-7, C18:1n-9, C18:2n-6, C18:3n-3). Adiposity index was calculated as the sum of the weight of lumbar, gonadal, inguinal and mesenteric fat depots expressed as percentage with respect to body weight. Pearson's correlation coefficients (r values) and significance levels are shown. *p < 0.05. **p < 0.01. NS, non significant.

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