1. Fatty acid oxidation in normotriglyceridemic men
Brian Benjamin, MD, Yasuyo Wada, RD, PhD, Scott M. Grundy, MD, PhD, Magdalene Szuszkiewicz-Garcia, MD, Gloria Lena Vega, PhD 
Journal of Clinical Lipidology 
Volume 10, Issue 2, Pages (March 2016)
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2. Figure 1
Plot of plasma triglyceride levels during an extended fat tolerance test for the group as a whole. This curve shows the rise in plasma triglyceride levels and the eventual attainment of a steady state.
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3. Figure 2
Baseline (postabsorptive) levels of 3-β-hydroxybutyrate as a function of plasma levels of nonesterified fatty acids (A) or plasma triglycerides (B). Log of 3-β-hydroxybutyrate correlated positively with levels of nonesterified fatty acids (A). This association is consistent with the metabolic relation of precursor product. In contrast, levels of 3-β-hydroxybutyrate are inversely correlated with plasma triglyceride (B). Normal levels of plasma triglyceride are likely influenced by the extent of hepatic fatty acid oxidation.
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4. Figure 3
Levels of postprandial 3-β-hydroxybutyrate correlated positively with the levels of postprandial nonesterified fatty acids (A). In turn, postprandial levels of 3-β-hydroxybutyrate increased with a prolonged residence time of chylomicron triglyceride in plasma (B).
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5. Figure 4
Plots of levels of baseline 3-β-hydroxybutyrate and plasma triglyceride from a previously study cohort of men with a broad spectrum of plasma triglycerides.3 The curvilinear association of 3-β-hydroxybutyrate with plasma triglyceride is consistent with the results reported in this study. Normotriglyceridemic subjects have a higher level of 3-β-hydroxybutyrate and as the triglyceride levels rise, levels of 3-β-hydroxybutyrate are not linearly associated with the triglyceride levels. These data support the contention that low levels of plasma triglyceride result from an efficient oxidation of nonesterified fatty acids.
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