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Table 2 Most prominent plasma fatty acids (% of total plasma fatty acids) in female guinea pigs maintained on a control, high-PUFA, or high-SFA diet

From: Reproductive performance and gestational effort in relation to dietary fatty acids in guinea pigs

Fatty acid

Control

PUFA

SFA

F-value

P-value

C 12:0

0.06 ± 0.02a

0.07 ± 0.02a

1.27 ± 0.36b

30.059

<0.001

C 14:0

0.93 ± 0.08a

0.59 ± 0.04a

4.64 ± 0.61b

88.240

<0.001

C 16:0

17.12 ± 0.23a

12.70 ± 0.39b

16.80 ± 0.49a

40.270

<0.001

C 18:0

10.09 ± 0.52a

6.84 ± 0.41b

9.05 ± 0.40a

113.780

<0.001

C 18.1 n9

15.53 ± 0.46a

12.85 ± 0.70b

12.49 ± 0.59b

7.901

0.002

C 18:2 n6

39.77 ± 1.00a

49.13 ± 0.86b

41.73 ± 0.60a

34.695

<0.001

C 18:3 n3

6.02 ± 0.22a

7.71 ± 0.14b

4.47 ± 0.36c

19.890

<0.001

total n-9

16.21 ± 0.47a

15.42 ± 0.46a

13.13 ± 0.58b

9.991

<0.001

total n-6

43.09 ± 0.93a

51.41 ± 0.90b

44.62 ± 0.67a

27.577

<0.001

total n-3

6.64 ± 0.24a

8.12 ± 0.45b

4.95 ± 0.36c

19.400

<0.001

total SFA

31.67 ± 0.74a

23.74 ± 0.91b

35.31 ± 0.81c

51.931

<0.001

total MUFA

18.51 ± 0.50a

16.66 ± 0.49b

15.03 ± 0.63b

10.111

<0.001

total PUFA

49.82 ± 1.08a

59.60 ± 0.89b

49.66 ± 0.55a

43.030

<0.001

n-6 : n-3 ratio

6.55 ± 0.22a

6.57 ± 0.51a

9.59 ± 0.88b

9.254

<0.001

P : S ratio

1.59 ± 0.07a

2.56 ± 0.13b

1.42 ± 0.04a

50.46

<0.001

  1. Different superscript letters indicate significant differences between single groups (P ≤ 0.05)