Lipids in Health and Disease

Table 1 Statistical analyses were performed using an unpaired two-tailed Student’s t-test

From: N-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids attenuates triglyceride and inflammatory factors level in hfat-1 transgenic pigs

Fatty acid in ears	Transgenic piglets (n = 5)	Wild-type piglets (n = 3)
18:3 n-3 (%)	2.25 ± 0.15	1.12 ± 0.09
20:5 n-3 (%) (EPA)	2.71 ± 0.72	1.09 ± 0.12
22:5 n-3 (%)	1.23 ± 0.21	0.51 ± 0.06
22:6 n-3 (%) (DHA)	1.15 ± 0.17	0.38 ± 0.08
18:2 n-6 (%)	3.28 ± 0.25	5.72 ± 0.64
20:4 n-6 (%)	5.78 ± 0.57	5.65 ± 0.39
22:5 n-6 (%)	1.19 ± 0.22	2.22 ± 0.16
Total n-3 FA (%)^a	7.34 ± 0.76	3.10 ± 0.06
Total n-6 FA (%)	10.25 ± 2.28	13.59 ± 0.24
n-6/n-3 ratio^a	1.81 ± 0.41	4.38 ± 0.64

^a P < 0.01 Table 1 n-3 and n-6 fatty acids concentration and n-6/n-3 ratios in ear samples from hfat-1 transgenic pigs and wild-type pigs

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