Table 2. Blood Chemistry and Tissue Weight of ob/ob and ob/ob/Fsp27 ^−/− mice.

	ob/ob		ob/ob/Fsp27 −/−
	N	Mean±SEM	N	Mean±SEM	P
NEFA (mEq/l) (Fed)	8	3.906±0.383	8	3.617±0.212	0.2946
NEFA (mEq/l) (Fast)	8	4.582±0.686	8	3.873±0.382	0.01148 *
TG (mg/l) (Fed)	8	0.3185±0.0142	8	0.3682±0.0216	<0.0001 ***
TG (mg/l) (Fast)	8	0.3584±0.0222	8	0.4256±0.0232	0.0028 **
Cholesterol (mmol/l) (Fed)	8	5.805±0.014	8	6.518±0.013	0.016 *
Cholesterol (mmol/l) (Fast)	8	5.517±0.020	8	6.147±0.007	0.04748 *
Insulin (ng/ml) (Fed)	8	7.986±0.162	8	6.290±0.209	<0.0001 ***
Insulin (ng/ml) (Fast)	8	7.426±0.320	8	6.011±0.133	<0.0001 ***
Glucose (mmol/l) (Fed)	12	17.24 ± 1.129	12	16.76± 1.210	0.3226
Glucose (mmol/l) (Fast)	12	11.90 ± 1.369	12	11.37± 0.884	0.2692
Gonadal Fat Pad	10	0.061 ± 0.007	10	0.004 ± 0.002	<0.0001 ***
BAT	10	0.061 ± 0.007	10	0.004 ± 0.002	<0.0001 ***
Liver	10	0.102 ± 0.009	10	0.009 ± 0.002	<0.0001 ***

All values are means ± s.e.m. Statistical analysis was done with two-tailed unpaired student t-test. N represents number of mice used.

^*P<0.05,

^**P<0.01,

^***P<0.001