Table 3 Fatty acid content (g/100 g FAME) in liver samples from two dietary groups. Data are presented as averages

∑ SFA

43.18

9.12

42.35

5.09

0.7041

C12:0

3.21

2.44

2.31

1.90

0.1754

C14:0

0.62

0.28

0.58

0.27

0.6893

C16:0

17.93

4.61

6.17

2.48

0.1114

C18:0

21.77

5.8

23.42

4.64

0.2824

∑ MUFA

22.96

7.2

19.65

5.38

0.0792

C16:1 n-7

3.47

4.62

1.85

0.75

0.1094

C18:1 n-9

17.56

5.42

16.30

4.67

0.3918

C18:1 n-7

1.93

0.42

1.64

0.23

0.0058**

∑ PUFA

27.23

8.05

33.9

6.28

0.0026*

C18:2 n-6 (LA)

13.7

3.4

15.61

2.27

0.0284*

C18:3 n-3 (ALA)

0.82

1.17

3.32

1.17

0.0000**

C20:3 n-6

3.02

6.09

1.57

2.61

0.5676

C20:4 n-6 (AA)

12.66

4.18

9.41

2.87

0.0055**

C20:5 n-3 (EPA)

0.87

0.74

3.16

0.92

0.0006**

C22:6 n-3 (DHA)

1.88

1.08

3.38

1.02

0.0006**

∑ Omega-6^a

25.63

7.72

25.69

4.13

0.9763

∑ Omega-3^b

2.16

1.83

8.22

3.50

10⁻⁹**

Omega-6/omega-3 ratio

32.73

62.02

4.25

3.93

0.0769

Other^c

6.63

4.1