TABLE 3.

Endocrine measures in adult male offspring

	Weaned onto standard chow				Weaned onto high-fat diet
	n	Leptin (ng/ml)	Fasted glucose (mg/dl)	Fasted insulin (ng/ml)	n	Leptin (ng/ml)	Fasted glucose (mg/dl)	Fasted insulin (ng/ml)
Standard chow–control group	6	14.5 ± 2.5	69.3 ± 5.5	1.01 ± 0.17	3	16.4 ± 5.8	85.5 ± 9.1†	1.25 ± 0.39
Standard chow–stress group	4	14.4 ± 3.8	72.8 ± 3.9	1.13 ± 0.20	4	25.8 ± 3.2†	87.3 ± 5.4†	2.43 ± 0.37*†
High-fat–control group	4	17.6 ± 3.7	71.0 ± 4.3	1.48 ± 0.25	5	30.7 ± 4.6*†	95.8 ± 7.9†	1.68 ± 0.30
High-fat–stress group	4	18.2 ± 3.3	75.0 ± 2.8	1.98 ± 0.42*	4	23.1 ± 3.6	91.1 ± 5.3†	1.99 ± 0.31

*P < 0.05 vs. standard chow–control group;

†P < 0.05 vs. corresponding weaned on standard chow.