Table 2.

Metabolic parameters in control SHR and transgenic SHR-CRP animals

	SHR	SHR-CRP
Insulin-stimulated glycogenesis	278 ± 32	174 ± 18*
(nmol glucose/mg prot/2 hours)
Muscle triglycerides (umol/g)	1.84 ± 0.21	2.90 ± 0.29*
Hepatic triglycerides (umol/g)	5.83 ± 0.28	7.27 ± 0.64*
Plasma cGMP (pmol/l)	19.31 ± 3.94	9.31 ± 4.63*
Relative weight of epididymal adipose tissue (g/100 g bwt)	0.733 ± 0.041	0.637 ± 0.030
Relative weight of perirenal adipose tissue (g/100 g bwt)	0.342 ± 0.042	0.248 ± 0.043
NEFA (mmol/l)	0.639 ± 0.028	0.674 ± 0.051

cGMP, cyclic guanosine monophosphate; NEFA, non-esterified fatty acids. Data are presented as mean ± SEM, Mann-Whitney test. *p ≤ 0.05