Table 2 Plasma total (from all lipid fractions) and individual fatty acids concentration (milligrams per liter) in obese and lean patients

From: Lack of pronounced changes in the expression of fatty acid handling proteins in adipose tissue and plasma of morbidly obese humans

Fatty acid

Lean patients

Obese patients

Myristic acid (C14:0)

25,02 ± 9,21

22,69 ± 9,32

Palmitic acid (C16:0)

687,58 ± 104,52

738,65 ± 162,37

Palmitoleic acid (C16:1)

68,65 ± 32,66

80,1 ± 30,37

Stearic acid (C18:0)

214,81 ± 25,52

205,03 ± 40,13

Oleic acid (C18:1)

629,13 ± 122,85

735,77 ± 188,69

Linoleic acisd (C18:2)

936 ± 180,19

789,18 ± 165,39

Arachidic acid (C20:0)

6,69 ± 0,59

6,65 ± 1,30

Linolenic acid (C18:3)

17,38 ± 5,06

16,56 ± 6,62

Behenic acid (C22:0)

13,23 ± 2,55

12,51 ± 3,66

Arachidonic acid (C20:4)

231,7 ± 60,07

246,21 ± 45,90

Lignoceric acid (C24:0)

15,58 ± 3,97

13,85 ± 3,73

Eicosapentaenoic acid (C20:5)

18,67 ± 6,71

16,88 ± 7,37

Nervonic acid (C24:1)

34,07 ± 9,92

36,71 ± 7,11

Decosahexaenoic acid (C22:6)

87,52 ± 20,85

93,43 ± 20,08

Total

2950,98 ± 434,19

3017,81 ± 510,34

  1. The data are expressed as mean ± SEM
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