Table 1.

Effect of daily oral treatment with 10 mg/kg 20HE on C57BL/6J mice after 13 wk on plasma insulin and adiponectin levels

Group	Insulin, ng/ml	Plasma Adiponectin/Body Fat	Plasma Adiponectin/Body Weight
LFD	0.63±0.03	934.3±33	4,872±200
HFD	1.74±0.14	715.6±36	1,441±73
HFD+20HE	0.38±0.03*	978.3±30.2*	2,500±16*

Data represent the mean of 2 different experiments ± SE. Insulin concentration is expressed as ng/ml, and adiponectin concentrations are ng·μl⁻¹·g body fat⁻¹ and ng·μl⁻¹·g body wt⁻¹. LFD, low-fat diet; HFD, high-fat diet; 20HE, 20-hydroxyecdysone.

^*P < 0.05, Student's t-test comparison for 20HE treatments vs. HFD control.