Table 1.

Levels of plasma glucose, insulin, triglycerides, non-esterified fatty acids and cholesterol from virgin rats (100 days old) fed either normal or saturated fat diets

	Fasting glucose (mm)	Fasting insulin (pm)	Triglycerides (mm)	Fasting non-esterified fatty acids (mm)	Cholesterol (mm)
Virgin control group(VC)	5.01 ± 0.27 (10)	40.73 ± 3.35 (10)	0.74 ± 0.06 (10)	0.53 ± 0.06 (8)	1.94 ± 0.07 (10)
Virgin high fat group(VHF)	5.62 ± 0.27 (10)*	122.68 ± 33.54 (10)*	0.63 ± 0.05 (10)	0.65 ± 0.08 (7)	1.42 ± 0.07 (10)†

Data are means ± s.e.m.

^*P < 0.05 for VHF vs. VC

^†P < 0.001 for VHF vs. VC. n values are given in parentheses.