Seasonal variation in fatty acid composition of wild boar in Lithuania

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Table 1. Effects of hunting season and sex on fatty acid (% of total FA) composition in fat of wild boar longissimus muscle.

Variables	Season		Sex		SED	Significance
	Summer n = 10	Winter n = 10	Females n = 10	Males n = 10		Season	Sex
Free fat	1.66	2.00	2.22	1.44	0.42	ns	ns
C10:0	0.04	0.08	0.09	0.02	0.03	ns	*
C12:0	0.04	0.06	0.07	0.03	0.02	ns	*
C14:0	0.89	0.84	0.92	0.80	0.09	ns	ns
C15:0	1.73	0.41	0.98	1.16	0.28	***	ns
C16:0	21.83	20.64	21.27	21.12	0.52	*	ns
C17:0	0.25	0.30	0.24	0.28	0.06	ns	ns
C18:0	9.73	9.10	9.35	9.41	0.32	*	ns
C20:0	0.16	0.11	0.12	0.16	0.03	ns	ns
C22:0	0.06	0.00	0.03	0.04	0.02	**	ns
C14:1c9	0.11	0.03	0.04	0.10	0.05	ns	ns
C15:1	0.03	0.00	0.02	0.01	0.01	*	ns
C16:1c	3.41	3.01	3.28	3.15	0.24	ns	ns
C18:1t9	0.27	0.14	0.21	0.20	0.03	***	ns
C18:1c9	35.94	36.30	36.99	35.25	1.83	ns	ns
C20:1n-9	0.50	0.53	0.52	0.51	0.06	ns	ns
C18:2t9, t12	0.13	0.38	0.26	0.25	0.08	**	ns
C18:2n-6	12.00	16.30	13.63	14.66	1.28	**	ns
C18:3n-6	0.06	0.06	0.07	0.05	0.01	ns	ns
C18:3n-3	0.58	0.55	0.64	0.50	0.05	ns	*
C20:2n-6	0.27	0.35	0.32	0.30	0.01	***	ns
C20:3n-6	0.29	0.41	0.33	0.38	0.06	ns	ns
C20:4n-6	3.42	2.99	2.82	3.59	0.54	ns	ns
C20:5n-3	0.33	0.35	0.33	0.35	0.06	ns	ns
C22:4n-6	0.44	0.38	0.44	0.38	0.10	ns	ns
C22:5n-3	0.71	0.58	0.60	0.69	0.09	ns	ns
C22:6n-3	0.11	0.11	0.11	0.11	0.03	ns	ns
UFA	6.66	6.00	6.36	6.31	0.53	ns	ns

UFA: sum of unindentified fatty acids and their isomers; SED: standard error of difference; ns: not significant; ***p < .001; **p < .01; *p < .05.

Table 2. Effects of hunting season and sex on total saturated, monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fatty acids, fatty acid ratios, and lipid quality indices in the fat from wild boars.

Variables	Season		Sex		SED	Significance
	Summer	Winter	Females	Males		Season	Sex
SFA	34.73	31.55	33.06	33.22	0.60	***	ns
MUFA	45.18	43.56	45.41	43.32	1.41	ns	ns
PUFA	18.34	22.45	19.53	21.26	1.92	*	ns
PUFA/SFA	0.53	0.72	0.60	0.65	0.07	*	ns
n-6/n-3	9.68	13.67	11.15	12.20	1.34	**	ns
AI	0.40	0.37	0.39	0.38	0.01	*	ns
TI	0.90	0.83	0.86	0.86	0.03	*	ns
h/H	2.58	2.87	2.71	2.73	0.10	**	ns
PI	37.95	40.06	36.85	41.15	4.27	ns	ns

SFA, MUFA, PUFA: sum of all detected saturated, monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fatty acids, respectively. PUFA/SFA: ratio of ΣPUFA to ΣSFA; n-6/n-3: ratio of Σn-6 PUFA to Σn-3 PUFA; AI: atherogenic index; TI: thrombogenic index; h/H: hypocholesterolemic/hypercholesterolemic ratio; PI: peroxidizability index; SED: standard error of difference; ns: not significant; ***p < .001; ** p < .01; *p < .05.