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Table 2 Fatty acids in follicular fluid of normal weight, overweight and obese women

From: Fatty acid composition of the follicular fluid of normal weight, overweight and obese women undergoing assisted reproductive treatment: a descriptive cross-sectional study

Fat fraction

18.5 ≤ BMI < 25.0 (n = 10)

25.0 ≤ BMI < 30.0 (n = 10)

BMI ≥ 30.0 (n = 10)

P-value

Phospholipids (μmol/l)

1165.57 ± 180.55

1147.93 ± 247.63

1199.95 ± 296.46

NS

Cholesteryl esters (μmol/l)

920.04 ± 196.64

891.22 ± 117.35

1067.29 ± 269.40

NS

Triglycerides (μmol/l)

215.91 ± 57.89

355.39 ± 226.44

244.78 ± 74.65

0.1

NEFAs (μmol/l)

221.67 ± 23.00a

245.55 ± 35.98a

315.53 ± 82.68b

< 0.05

Total concentration (μmol/l)

2598.56 ± 422.68

2769.88 ± 477.07

2931.80 ± 684.58

NS

  1. Total fatty acid concentrations (μmol/l) in different lipid fractions in the follicular fluid of normal weight (18.5 ≤ BMI < 25), overweight (25.0 ≤ BMI < 30) and obese (BMI ≥ 30.0) women.
  2. Data are presented as means ± standard deviation. P-values of the univariate general linear model analyses are presented in the last column. abData with a different superscript differ significantly (P < 0.05), NS: Not significant (P > 0.05), BMI: body mass index, NEFAs: non-esterified fatty acids.