Table 3 Adipose Tissue Fatty Acid Composition
From: Preliminary evidence for reduced adipose tissue inflammation in vegetarians compared with omnivores
Fatty Acid | Abdominal | Femoral | Depots | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Vegetarian (n = 8) | Omnivore (n = 8) | P-Value | Vegetarian (n = 8) | Omnivore (n = 8) | P-Value | Abdominal (n = 16) | Femoral (n = 16) | P-Value | |
Arachidonic | 0.45 ± 0.15 | 0.57 ± 0.09 | 0.07 | 0.81 ± 0.42 | 0.41 ± 0.3 | 0.07 | 0.51 ± 0.14 | 0.61 ± 0.41 | 0.46 |
DHA | 0.10 ± 0.06 | 0.12 ± 0.03 | 0.25 | 0.08 ± 0.03 | 0.14 ± 0.04 | 0.06 | 0.11 ± 0.05 | 0.1 ± 0.04 | 0.91 |
Eladic | 1.7 ± 0.5 | 2.1 ± 0.6 | 0.07 | 3.3 ± 2.8 | 1.3 ± 0.9 | 0.08 | 1.9 ± 0.6 | 2.3 ± 2.3 | 0.52 |
EPA | 0.04 ± 0.02 | 0.04 ± 0.01 | 0.33 | 0.1 ± 0.1 | 0.07 ± 0.05 | 0.21 | 0.04 ± 0.02 | 0.09 ± 0.08 | 0.05 |
Linoleic | 23.2 ± 3.9 | 21.7 ± 2.4 | 0.22 | 14.2 ± 11.4 | 13.8 ± 10.8 | 0.36 | 22.4 ± 3.2 | 14.0 ± 10.7 | 0.01 |
Linolenic | 1.0 ± 0.2 | 0.8 ± 0.2 | 0.08 | 1.5 ± 0.9 | 0.8 ± 0.1 | 0.02 | 0.9 ± 0.2 | 1.1 ± 0.7 | 0.19 |
Myristic | 2.5 ± 0.8 | 2.5 ± 0.7 | 0.49 | 2.8 ± 1.4 | 2.0 ± 0.5 | 0.03 | 2.5 ± 0.7 | 2.4 ± 1.1 | 0.95 |
Oleic | 40.0 ± 3.0 | 38.0 ± 2.4 | 0.01 | 46.9 ± 5.6 | 40.0 ± 2.8 | 0.01 | 39.1 ± 2.8 | 43.4 ± 5.5 | 0.008 |
Palmiteladic | 0.2 ± 0.1 | 0.2 ± 0.1 | 0.24 | 0.2 ± 0.1 | 0.2 ± 0.1 | 0.02 | 0.2 ± 0.1 | 0.21 ± 0.1 | 0.19 |
Palmitic | 23.0 ± 2.2 | 24.8 ± 1.0 | 0.05 | 23.9 ± 4.5 | 22.2 ± 2.2 | 0.2 | 23.9 ± 1.9 | 23.0 ± 3.5 | 0.38 |
Palmitoleic | 3.2 ± 1.2 | 3.6 ± 0.8 | 0.25 | 4.1 ± 1.7 | 4.1 ± 2.4 | 0.5 | 3.4 ± 1.0 | 4.1 ± 2.0 | 0.17 |
Stearic | 4.7 ± 1.3 | 5.5 ± 1.5 | 0.19 | 3.3 ± 1.0 | 3.6 ± 1.5 | 0.28 | 5.1 ± 1.4 | 3.5 ± 1.3 | 0.01 |