Item | Ratio of unsaturated to saturated fatty acids | SEM | P-value | ||||||
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1.2 | 2.5 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 12.0 | ANOVA | Linear | Quadratic | ||
Fat | 73.8b | 74.9ab | 81.6ab | 81.3ab | 85.0a | 2.47 | 0.02 |  < 0.01 | 0.09 |
C16:0 | 71.6b | 86.1a | 88.3a | 89.8a | 89.3a | 2.58 |  < 0.01 | 0.03 |  < 0.01 |
C18:0 | 62.2b | 78.1a | 82.4a | 86.3a | 86.9a | 2.95 |  < 0.01 |  < 0.01 |  < 0.01 |
C18:1 | 94.3b | 96.0ab | 96.3ab | 96.9a | 97.5a | 0.60 | 0.01 |  < 0.01 | 0.03 |
C18:2 | 90.5b | 93.7ab | 93.6ab | 94.9a | 95.7a | 0.90 | 0.01 |  < 0.01 | 0.02 |
SFA | 69.9b | 83.7a | 85.5a | 87.1a | 88.4a | 2.59 |  < 0.01 | 0.02 |  < 0.01 |
UFA | 93.1b | 95.1ab | 95.4ab | 96.2a | 96.8a | 0.69 | 0.01 |  < 0.01 | 0.02 |