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American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Vol 17, 171-176, Copyright © 1965 by The American Society for Clinical Nutrition, Inc.

Composition of Human Adipose Tissue, with Special Reference to Site and Age Differences

D. S. MCLAREN M.D., PH.D., D.T.M.&H.1, Z. A. AJANS M.D.1, and Z. AWDEH B.SC.1

1 From the Institute of Nutrition Sciences, Columbia University, New York, New York, and the American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon

Adipose tissue was obtained from between six and nine different body sites in subjects of widely different ages.

The composition of interarticular fat in early infancy resembled that in adults. A very high proportion (11.6 per cent) of a C20:3 acid was found in the pericardial fat of a three month old infant who died of congestive heart failure.

A comparison of fat from fourteen deep and six superficial sites in four adults and one twelve year old child showed that the amounts of C16:1 were significantly lower and those of C18:0 higher in fat obtained from deep than from superficial sites.

The levels of C16:0 and C16:1 were found to be higher and those of C18:1, C18:2 and C18:3 lower in both premature and full-term infants than in adults. The values for the twelve year old child were intermediate.

In comparison with previous work in East Africa, and consistent with reports from other temperate parts of the world, our present data in adults showed that the unsaturated to saturated fatty acid ratio is high.






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