Fig. 2

Change from baseline effect of treatment meals on postprandial serum metabolite concentrations (mean ± SEM). a Triacylglycerol (mg/dL). b Non-esterified fatty acids (mmol/L). Participant serum triacylglycerol and non-esterified fatty acids were analyzed via spectrophotometric methods. Repeated measures ANCOVA with baseline as a covariate was performed with posthoc analysis as described in Methods. Serum triacylglycerols were significantly elevated (p < 0.05) following the n-6 fatty acid rich test meal when compared to the n-3 fatty acid rich meal. Serum non-esterified fatty acids were significantly higher (p < 0.05) in the saturated fatty acid rich meal compared to the other test meals