Table 4.

The plasma concentration of FFA (mM) in fed and fasting conditions in apo A-II-deficient mouse plasma

Mouse	n	Fasted condition	Fed condition
+/+	10	0.515  ±  0.181	0.355  ±  0.092
+/−	10	0.517  ±  0.132	0.356  ±  0.096
−/−	10	0.216  ±  0.071**	0.242  ±  0.051**

FFA analyses were performed on littermates. For the fed condition, blood was drawn from the retroorbital venous plexus at 9 a.m. For the fasting condition, food was removed at 9 a.m. with the animal having ad lib access to water and blood drawn from the retroorbital venous plexus at 5 p.m. FFA values are shown as mean ± SD. +/+, +/−, and −/− represent control littermates, heterozygous apo AII-deficient mice, and homozygous apo A-II-deficient mice, respectively. FFA analyses were performed immediately after blood was taken. 

^**P < 0.01 as compared with control mice. 

^**P < 0.001 as compared with control mice.