Effects of dietary fat subtypes on glucose homeostasis during pregnancy in rats

Nutrition & Metabolism

Table 2 Correlations between tissue phospholipids and insulin sensitivity index

	All rats		Non-pregnant		Pregnant
	r	P-value	r	P-value	r	P-value
Liver
Sum of n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids	0.485	0.0006	0.463	0.0259	0.625	0.0014
Sum of n-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids	−0.411	0.0045	−0.440	0.0357	−0.588	0.0032
Docosahexaenoic acid (22:6n-3)	0.454	0.0015	0.469	0.0241	0.628	0.0013
Arachidonic acid (20:4n-6)	−0.305	0.0394	−0.335	0.1180	−0.785	< 0.0001
Linoleic acid (18:2n-6)	0.283	0.0562	0.072	0.7434	0.454	0.0295
Red quadriceps
Sum of n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids	0.421	0.0036	0.357	0.0949	0.450	0.0314
Sum of n-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids	−0.345	0.0190	−0.360	0.0912	−0.291	0.1785
Docosahexaenoic acid (22:6n-3)	0.417	0.0039	0.344	0.1085	0.459	0.0274
Arachidonic acid (20:4n-6)	−0.532	0.0001	−0.284	0.1891	−0.754	< 0.0001
Linoleic acid (18:2n-6)	0.351	0.0168	−0.120	0.5851	0.635	0.0011
Soleus
Sum of n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids	0.476	0.0008	0.464	0.0256	0.451	0.0309
Sum of n-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids	−0.341	0.0202	−0.483	0.0195	−0.162	0.4611
Docosahexaenoic acid (22:6n-3)	0.468	0.0010	0.487	0.0183	0.410	0.0521
Arachidonic acid (20:4n-6)	0.476	0.0008	0.401	0.0640	0.451	0.0309
Linoleic acid (18:2n-6)	0.306	0.0386	−0.153	0.4850	0.662	0.0006

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