| Level of BCPOa (%) |  | P value | ||||
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Parameter | 0 | 4 | 8 | SEM | Overall | Linear | Quadratic |
C14:0, myristic | 5.64 | 4.96 | 4.32 | 0.34 | 0.379 | 0.239 | 0.461 |
C16:0, palmitic | 25.52 | 20.09 | 20.03 | 2.68 | 0.114 | 0.119 | 0.988 |
C16:1n-7, palmitoleic | 3.57 | 3.20 | 2.86 | 0.24 | 0.126 | 0.073 | 0.327 |
C18:0, stearic | 22.07 | 26.39 | 26.51 | 2.24 | 0.300 | 0.125 | 0.968 |
C18:1n-9, oleic | 24.15 | 25.28 | 23.34 | 1.44 | 0.640 | 0.929 | 0.352 |
C18:1 trans-11 Vaccenic | 3.15 | 3.19 | 3.45 | 0.56 | 0.833 | 0.713 | 0.637 |
CLA cis-9 trans-11 | 1.25 | 1.56 | 1.98 | 0.31 | 0.282 | 0.192 | 0.360 |
CLA trans-10 cis-12 | 1.88 | 2.03 | 1.74 | 0.26 | 0.739 | 0.970 | 0.443 |
C18:2n-6, linoleic | 3.05 | 3.47 | 3.78 | 0.58 | 0.663 | 0.418 | 0.697 |
C18:3n-3, linolenic | 2.04 | 1.60 | 1.63 | 0.38 | 0.679 | 0.386 | 0.955 |
C20:4n-6, arachidonic | 2.60 | 1.89 | 2.32 | 0.43 | 0.512 | 0.356 | 0.492 |
C20:5n-3, eicosapentaenoic | 2.80 | 2.20 | 3.16 | 0.68 | 0.607 | 0.890 | 0.328 |
C22:5n-3, docosapentaenoic | 1.63 | 2.04 | 2.58 | 0.29 | 0.098 | 0.075 | 0.209 |
C22:6n-3, docosahexaenoic | 1.78 | 2.71 | 2.01 | 0.48 | 0.371 | 0.329 | 0.311 |
Total FA (mg/g of fat) | 526.53 | 579.41 | 549.34 | 87.20 | 0.428 | 0.425 | 0.320 |
FA sums and ratios | |||||||
∑SFA | 53.23 | 51.43 | 50.86 | 2.11 | 0.944 | 0.741 | 0.956 |
∑MUFA | 30.87 | 31.66 | 29.47 | 1.59 | 0.643 | 0.878 | 0.357 |
∑PUFA | 17.02 | 17.49 | 19.20 | 2.06 | 0.612 | 0.325 | 0.667 |
∑n-3 | 8.24 | 8.54 | 9.89 | 0.80 | 0.679 | 0.833 | 0.395 |
∑n-6 | 5.65 | 5.36 | 6.37 | 1.18 | 0.810 | 0.514 | 0.446 |
n-6:n-3 | 0.74 | 0.66 | 0.67 | 0.04 | 0.911 | 0.530 | 0.916 |
UFA:SFA | 0.83 | 0.86 | 0.87 | 0.08 | 0.658 | 0.677 | 0.919 |
PUFA:SFA | 0.32 | 0.34 | 0.37 | 0.03 | 0.553 | 0.581 | 0.458 |
Desaturase and elongase indices | |||||||
ID16 | 12.27 | 13.74 | 12.49 | 0.98 | 0.291 | 0.348 | 0.237 |
ID18 | 52.25 | 48.92 | 46.82 | 2.12 | 0.100 | 0.222 | 0.277 |
Elongation Index (EI) | 61.37 | 68.93 | 68.53 | 3.47 | 0.138 | 0.091 | 0.450 |