Fatty acid composition of serum lipids in patients with type 2 diabetes.

Background: Serum fatty acid content mainly reflects dietary fat intake. It is not known whether alterations of serum fatty acid compositions predict type 2 diabetes risk.

Methods: We evaluated fatty acid contents in serum of the 76 normal and 98 diabetic adults taking part in a cross sectional study, using a gas chromatography method.

Distribution of fatty acids in adipose tissue of patients with type 2 diabetes.

Background: It is not known whether alterations of adipose tissue fatty acid compositions predict type 2 diabetes. Our goal was to characterize the relationship between the adipose tissue fatty acid compositions and type 2 diabetes.

Methods: We evaluated the fatty acid compositions of subcutaneous adipose tissue.