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Table 4 Fatty acid content of the plasma in isolated hypercholesterolemia

From: Isolated hypercholesterolemia leads to steatosis in the liver without affecting the pancreas

  

Control

Chol

   

Code

Name

Average

SEM

Average

SEM

Fold change

p value

 

C14:0

Myristic acid

9.81

0.73

14.0

1.06

1.43

0.0036

↑

C15:0

Pentadecanoic acid

7.69

0.49

14.0

1.18

1.82

0.0001

↑

C16:0

Palmitic acid

455

27.9

521

35.4

1.15

0.1563

n.s.

C16:1n-7

Palmitoleic acid

35.7

5.80

195

29.6

5.46

2.68E-05

↑↑

C17:0

Heptadecanoic acid

9.55

0.60

14.2

1.22

1.49

0.0024

↑

C18:0

Stearic acid

199

9.56

148

11.3

0.74

0.0024

↓

C18:1n-9

Oleic acid

305

27.3

707

69.6

2.32

2.05E-05

↑

C18:2n-6

Linoleic acid

546

37.1

742

49.0

1.36

0.0041

↑

C18:3n-6

γ-Linolenic acid

8.27

0.81

9.05

1.54

1.09

0.6588

n.s.

C18:3n-3

α-Linolenic acid

13.5

1.30

23.9

1.79

1.77

0.0001

↑

C20:2n-6

Eicosadienoic acid

5.35

0.42

12.2

0.77

2.29

9.11E-08

↑

C20:3n-3

Eicosatrienoic acid

6.25

0.84

26.0

2.02

4.16

7.31E-09

↑↑

C20:4n-6

Arachidonic acid

607

31.2

477

35.6

0.78

0.0114

↓

C20:5n-3

Eicosapentaenoic acid

12.4

1.24

11.5

1.28

0.93

0.6432

n.s.

C22:5n-3

Docosapentaenoic acid

16.5

1.35

18.6

1.66

1.13

0.3388

n.s.

C22:6n-3

Docosahexaenoic acid

61.1

3.70

59.9

6.55

0.98

0.8724

n.s.

Total fatty acid content

2304

130

3007

233

1.30

0.0153

 
  1. Control: standard diet; Chol: 2% cholesterol and 0.25% cholic acid enriched diet for 12 weeks. Fatty acid content is given in μg/g plasma. n = 11–12