Table 1.

Plasma lipid, glucose, and insulin levels in lean (+/+) and obese (fa/fa) ZDF rats

Rats	Age, wk	n	Substances measured
			FFA, mM	TG, mM	Glucose, mM	Insulin, microunits/ml
Lean wild type (+/+)	7	3	0.33  ± 0.07	0.87  ± 0.12	4.97  ± 0.16	7.8  ±  1.5
	14	3	0.59  ± 0.31	0.99  ± 0.24	5.24  ± 0.22	7.6  ±  0.8
	20	3	0.61  ± 0.23	0.84  ± 0.08	5.54  ± 0.18	8.2  ±  1.2
Obese ZDF (fa/fa)	7	3	1.35  ± 0.37	1.1   ± 0.33	4.36  ± 0.2	35.6  ±  3.5
	14	6	2.02  ± 0.44*	6.27  ± 1.57*	12.22  ± 2.22*	121   ± 11.2*
	20	3	2.24  ± 0.58	8.98  ± 2.81	11.54  ± 2.77	59.5  ±  3
TGZ-treated (fa/fa)	14	6	1.28  ± 0.41†	1.59  ± 0.17†	5.11  ± 0.08†	31.7  ±  3.4†

*P < 0.05, untreated obese (fa/fa) rats vs. lean (+/+) rats. 

^†P < 0.05, 14-wk-old TGZ-treated obese (fa/fa) rats vs. untreated 14-wk-old obese (fa/fa) rats.