Table 2.

Characteristics of Wistar rats after 3 months on a high-fat diet (DIO), DIO rats submitted to acute exercise (DIO + EXE) and their age-matched controls

Groups	Number of rats (n)	Body weight (g)	Epididimal fat (g)	Fasting insulin (ng ml−1)	Plasma glucose (mg dl−1)	Kitt (% min−1)
Control	6	403.4 ± 21.0	5.95 ± 0.97	3.28 ± 0.15	73.7 ± 6.9	3.79 ± 0.2
DIO	8	544.7 ± 32.1*	11.85 ± 1.47**	7.97 ± 0.88*	84.4 ± 7.3	1.90 ± 0.4**
DIO + EXE	8	546.2 ± 25.2*	12.1 ± 1.34**	6.39 ± 1.9*	82.1 ± 10.0	4.69 ± 0.6#

^*P < 0.01

^**P < 0.001 versus control group

^#P < 0.001 versus DIO.