Table 6 Epidydimal adipose tissue fatty acid profile in LZR and OZR rats fed CON, FLAX, FISH, or SDA diets for 12 weeks

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

1.14 ± 0.10^ab

7.88 ± 0.11^c

1.94 ± 0.10^e

7.47 ± 0.11^d

0.79 ± 0.11^b

5.14 ± 0.10^f

1.17 ± 0.12^a

4.71 ± 0.12^g

P < 0.0001^†

P < 0.0001ⁱⁱ

^ΔP < 0.0001

0.05 ± 0.074^a

0.04 ± 0.08^a

0.28 ± 0.073^c

5.06 ± 0.075^b

0.004 ± 0.08^a

0.005 ± 0.07^a

0.14 ± 0.082^a

2.51 ± 0.082^d

P < 0.0001^†

P < 0.0001ⁱⁱⁱ

^ΔP < 0.0001

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 < 0.0001^iv

P = 0.15

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 < 0.0001^v

P = 0.30

0.12 ± 0.07^ad

0.24 ± 0.076^ad

0.89 ± 0.073^c

0.61 ± 0.076^b

0.04 ± 0.08^a

0.28 ± 0.070^d

1.05 ± 0.083^c

1.00 ± 0.082^c

P = 0.20

P < 0.0001^vi

^ΔP = 0.0029

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 < 0.0001^v

P = 0.52

22.68 ± 0.44^a

23.06 ± 0.44^a

25.66 ± 0.43^c

20.59 ± 0.44^b

27.91 ± 0.47^d

27.84 ± 0.41^d

30.43 ± 0.49^e

27.66 ± 0.48^d

P < 0.0001^‡

P < 0.0001^vii

^ΔP < 0.0001

69.12 ± 0.50^a

62.27 ± 0.51^b

56.64 ± 0.50^d

53.59 ± 0.51^c

61.64 ± 0.54^b

56.39 ± 0.48^d

51.00 ± 0.56^e

50.55 ± 0.56^e

P < 0.0001^†

P < 0.0001^viii

^ΔP = 0.0055

1.65 ± 0.36^a

8.61 ± 0.37^d

6.08 ± 0.35^c

14.65 ± 0.37^f

0.83 ± 0.39^a

5.78 ± 0.34^c

4.76 ± 0.40^b

9.92 ± 0.40^e

P < 0.0001^†

P < 0.0001^ix

^ΔP < 0.0001

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 = 0.0046^x

P = 0.76