Fatty acid and cholesterol profiles and hypocholesterolemic, atherogenic, and thrombogenic indices of table eggs in the retail market

Table 1 Fatty acid profiles of whole edible egg parts (albumen + yolk) of different sources in retail market

Fatty acid % of total fatty acids¹		Egg sources				Statistical analyses
Fatty acid % of total fatty acids¹		A	B	C	D	RSME	P-value
Caprylic	C8:0	0.063^b	0.038^b	0.063^b	0.968^a	0.163	0.001
Capric	C10:0	0.070	0.038	0.063	0.065	0.034	0.559
Lauric	C12:0	0.065	0.038	0.063	0.053	0.029	0.462
Myristic	C14:0	0.410	0. 390	0.393	0.360	0.057	0.673
Palmitic	C16:0	25.74^b	25.70^b	25.11^b	27.30^a	0.505	0.001
Stearic	C18:0	9.08^b	9.05^b	9.17^b	11.11^a	0.419	0.001
Arachidic	C20:0	0.482	0.463	0.570	0. 560	0.066	0.092
Total saturated fatty acids		35. 92^b	35.73^b	35.41^b	40.41^a	0.802	0.001
Myristoleic	C14:1	0.133	0.193	0.147	0.173	0.080	0.739
Palmitoleic	C16:1	3.46	3.44	3.54	3.67	0.121	0.079
Oleic	C18:1	40.14^a	39.12^a	41.08^a	34.38^b	1.234	0.001
Eicosenoic	C20:1	0.344^a	0.323^a	0.354^a	0.000^b	0.081	0.002
Erucic	C22:1	0.066^a	0.074^a	0.118^a	0.000^b	0.059	0.098
Total monounsaturated fatty acids		44.14^a	43.15^a	45.24^a	38.22^b	1.249	0.001
Linoleic	C18:2	13.28	13.27	13.92	14.38	0.887	0.277
Linolenic	C18:3	0.413^a	0.392^a	0.378^a	0.030^b	0.059	0.001
Arachidonic	C20:4	1.661^a	1.640^a	1.623^a	0.760^b	0.085	0.001
Eicosapentaeonic, EPA	C20:5	0.066^a	0.074^a	0.072^a	0.000^b	0.033	0.027
Decohexaenoic, DHA	C22:6	0.436	0.416	0.319	0.668	0.134	0.078
Total polyunsaturated fatty acids		15.86	15.79	16.31	15.84	0.966	0.749
Total unsaturated fatty acids		59.99^b	58.93^b	61.68^a	54.06^c	1.150	0.001
UFA/SFA ratio		1.671^b	1.648^b	1.738^a	1.338^c	0.020	0.001
MUFA /PUFA ratio		1.36 ^b	1.37 ^b	1.36^b	2.56^a	0.112	0.001
Total n9		40.14^a	39.13^a	41.09^a	34.38^b	1.234	0.001
Total n6		14.94^b	14.91^b	15.54^a	15.64^a	0.925	0.001
Total n3		0.920	0.880	0.900	0.790	0.164	0.735
n6/n3 ratio		16.43	17.49	17.50	20.85	4.186	0.486

SFA saturated fatty acids, UFA unsaturated fatty acids, PUFA poly unsaturated fatty acids, MUFA mono unsaturated fatty acids, RSME, root square mean error
¹Each value is 5 pooled samples per egg part
^abc Means within a row sharing common superscripts are significantly different

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