Table 2.

Characteristics of rats after 10 weeks on a high- or low-fat diet

	LFD	HFD
	(n = 14)	(n = 17)
Body composition
Body weight at killing (g)	465 ± 5	472 ± 10
Heart weight (% body weight)	0.445 ± 0.007	0.431 ± 0.012
Liver weight (% body weight)	3.10 ± 0.07	3.02 ± 0.08
Perirenal fat pad weight (% body weight)	1.63 ± 0.08	2.43 ± 0.14*
Plasma characteristics
Blood glucose (mmol/l)	5.50 ± 0.08	5.78 ± 0.08**
Plasma insulin (pmol/l)	269 ± 18	216 ± 16***

Data are means±SE

*p < 0.001 vs LFD

**p < 0.02 vs LFD

***p < 0.05 vs LFD