Table 1. Serum levels of metabolic hormones.

Parameter	Normal diet			High-fat diet
	Control	EPO	P-value	Control	EPO	P-value
Leptin (pg/ml)	607±166	699±193	0.71	25384±12703	11766±2890	0.25
MCP-1 (pg/ml)	21.2±2.3	59.6±12.3	0.104	61.3±22.3	72.3±12.2	0.66
Resistin (pg/ml)	4439±1033	3691±670	0.53	8315±1479	3729±528	0.048
tPAI-I (pg/ml)	3033±529	2308±410	0.27	8207±2361	7326±883	0.74

Means±SEM of selected hormones in serum after 12 weeks of EPO expression (n = 8 in each group). Statistical significance is tested by Student's T-test with Bonferroni correction for multiple testing.