Relationships between Composition of Major Fatty Acids and Fat Distribution and Insulin Resistance in Japanese

Table 2

Component ratio analysis of twenty-four FFA fractions.

Free fatty acid	Symbol	%
Lauric acid	C12:0	0.098 ± 0.91
Myristic acid	C14:0	1.04 ± 0.40
Myristoleic acid	C14:1	0.098 ± 0.04
Palmitic acid	C16:0	22.37 ± 0.23
Palmitoleic acid	C16:1	2.57 ± 0.10
Stearic acid	C18:0	6.86 ± 0.10
Oleic acid	C18:1	20.06 ± 0.32
Linoleic acid	C18:2	29.73 ± 0.45
Gamma-linolenic acid	C18:3(6)	0.31 ± 0.16
Linolenic acid	C18:3(3)	0.88 ± 0.26
Arachidic acid	C20:0	0.051 ± 0.002
Eicosenoic acid	C20:1	0.19 ± 0.01
Eicosadienoic acid	C20:2	0.19 ± 0.01
5-8-11-Eicosatrienoic acid	C20:3(9)	0.054 ± 0.003
Dihomo-gamma-linolenic acid	C20:3(6)	1.19 ± 0.03
Arachidonic acid	C20:4	5.64 ± 0.13
Eicosapentaenoic acid	C20:5	2.87 ± 0.19
Behenic acid	C22:0	0.11 ± 0.01
Erucic acid	C22:1	0.026 ± 0.003
Docosatetraenoic acid	C22:4	0.13 ± 0.01
Docosapentaenoic acid	C22:5	0.82 ± 0.03
Lignoceric acid	C24:0	0.044 ± 0.003
Docosahexaenoic acid	C22:6	4.61 ± 0.17
Nervonic acid	C24:1	0.11 ± 0.05

Data are mean ± SEM.