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Table 6 Muscle Ceramide Concentration

From: Preliminary evidence for reduced adipose tissue inflammation in vegetarians compared with omnivores

 

Vegetarians

Omnivores

P-value

C14-Cer pmol/mg protein

28 ± 13

31 ± 13

0.33

C16-Cer pmol/mg protein

115 ± 44

108 ± 17

0.33

C18-Cer pmol/mg protein

148 ± 64

141 ± 39

0.38

C18:1-Cer pmol/mg protein

2 ± 0.9

2 ± 0.7

0.40

C20-Cer pmol/mg protein

30 ± 11

28 ± 8

0.38

C22-Cer pmol/mg protein

11 ± 6

12 ± 4

0.24

C24-Cer pmol/mg protein

85 ± 51

93 ± 29

0.33

C24:1-Cer pmol/mg protein

23 ± 10

31 ± 9

0.06

  1. Data are shown as means ± SD. Cer = Ceramide
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Nutrition Journal

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