| After VLCD | During weight maintenance |  | Before VLCD | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Mean | SEM | Mean | SEM | % change | P | Mean |
C12:0 | 0.64 | 0.11 | 0.66 | 0.13 | 3.5 | ns | 0.62 |
C14:0 | 2.70 | 0.15 | 2.96 | 0.19 | 9.6 | <0.05 | 2.80 |
C16:0 | 22.72 | 0.46 | 23.64 | 0.44 | 4.0 | <0.05 | 23.56 |
C18:0 | 4.28 | 0.45 | 3.73 | 0.29 | -12.8 | ns | 4.15 |
Saturated | 30.55 | 0.97 | 31.21 | 0.86 | 2.2 | ns | 31.34 |
C14:1 | 0.41 | 0.04 | 0.47 | 0.05 | 16.1 | <0.05 | 0.35 |
C16:1(n-9) | 0.72 | 0.05 | 0.79 | 0.06 | 9.5 | <0.05 | 1.02 |
C16:1(n-7) | 5.56 | 0.53 | 6.52 | 0.48 | 17.3 | <0.01 | 5.74 |
C18:1trans | 1.19 | 0.08 | 1.23 | 0.13 | 3.0 | ns | 1.03 |
C18:1(n-9) | 43.18 | 0.48 | 43.49 | 0.56 | 0.7 | ns | 42.73 |
C18:1(n-7) | 2.63 | 0.12 | 2.56 | 0.11 | -2.7 | ns | 2.98 |
C20:1 | 0.91 | 0.02 | 0.60 | 0.03 | -34.7 | <0.01 | 0.66 |
Monounsaturated | 54.90 | 0.81 | 55.99 | 0.60 | 2.0 | ns | 54.72 |
C18:2(n-6) | 10.86 | 0.32 | 10.40 | 0.34 | -4.2 | <0.05 | 10.81 |
C18:3(n-3) | 1.04 | 0.10 | 1.00 | 0.10 | -3.9 | ns | 1.11 |
C20:3(n-6) | 0.26 | 0.02 | 0.19 | 0.03 | -27.6 | ns | 0.21 |
C20:4(n-6) | 0.49 | 0.04 | 0.40 | 0.06 | -18.0 | ns | 0.36* |
C22:3(n-3) | 0.39 | 0.09 | 0.04 | 0.04 | -89.8 | <0.01 | 0.31 |
C22:5(n-3) | 0.46 | 0.04 | 0.21 | 0.08 | -54.7 | <0.01 | 0.35* |
C22:6(n-3) | 0.55 | 0.12 | 0.31 | 0.14 | -43.3 | <0.05 | 0.46 |
PUFA | 14.21 | 0.49 | 12.56 | 0.58 | -11.6 | <0.01 | 13.73 |
LCPUFA | 2.45 | 0.24 | 1.37 | 0.29 | -44.2 | <0.01 | 1.86* |
LCPUFAn-3 | 1.44 | 0.21 | 0.52 | 0.22 | -64.3 | <0.01 | 1.16* |
LCPUFAn-6 | 1.00 | 0.07 | 0.65 | 0.11 | -35.1 | <0.05 | 0.70* |
Total IMTG (mg/g wet tissue) | 18.4 | 4.6 | 16.1 | 2.1 | -12.5 | ns | 21.1 |