Changes in fatty acid composition in tissue and serum of obese cats fed a high fat diet

BMC Veterinary Research

Table 3 FA composition in serum total FAs of cats fed a control or HF diet for 6 weeks

		Pre			2 week			4 week			6 week
		(%)			(%)			(%)			(%)
Control (n = 4)	C16:0	10.7	±	1.1	9.5	±	0.9	9.8	±	1.1	10.5	±	0.6
	C16:1n-7	6.6	±	1.3	7.3	±	0.3	7.1	±	0.5	7.2	±	0.4
	C18:0	14.8	±	0.9	16.1	±	1.3	15.6	±	1.1	14.5	±	0.3^a
	C18:1n-9	20.6	±	3.2	20.8	±	3.1	20.0	±	2.4^b	19.8	±	0.8^c
	C18:2n-6	38.6	±	2.3	38.5	±	3.1	39.4	±	4.2^d	40.5	±	1.4^e
	C20:4n-6	7.7	±	0.3	7.3	±	0.8	8.5	±	2.1	6.7	±	0.7^f
HF (n = 8)	C16:0	10.5	±	0.6	10.1	±	0.8	10.2	±	0.8	10.8	±	1.1
	C16:1n-7	5.9	±	1.4	7.7	±	2.7	6.4	±	2.0	6.4	±	1.7
	C18:0	14.7	±	1.0	14.9	±	1.1	15.5	±	0.7	15.5	±	0.9^*a
	C18:1n-9	18.8	±	2.0	28.1	±	3.4^**	25.1	±	1.0^**b	24.6	±	1.6^**c
	C18:2n-6	34.4	±	3.8	31.3	±	4.7^*	32.0	±	2.9^*d	31.0	±	2.8^**e
	C20:4n-6	12.2	±	4.6	8.7	±	1.4^**	11.2	±	1.6	10.5	±	2.0^f

Significantly different from Pre: ^*; P < 0.05 ^**; P < 0.01. The same lowercase letters indicate statistically significant differences between the two groups (P < 0.05)

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