TABLE 3.

Body mass, fat pad mass, circulating parameters, and tissue triglyceride levels in rats

	Low-fat diet	MCFAs	LCFAs
Body mass (g)	349 ± 7	337 ± 6	387 ± 5*†
Epididymal fat (%)	1.0 ± 0.1	1.3 ± 0.1*	1.6 ± 0.05*†
Retroperitoneal fat (%)	1.0 ± 0.1	1.3 ± 0.1	2.1 ± 0.2*†
Lumbar fat (%)	1.5 ± 0.1	1.5 ± 0.1	2.2 ± 0.1*†
Plasma glucose (mmol/l)	7.2 ± 0.2	7.5 ± 0.2	8.1 ± 0.2‡
Plasma insulin (mU/l)	24 ± 2	31 ± 3	66 ± 5*†
Plasma triglycerides (mmol/l)	0.8 ± 0.1	0.9 ± 0.0	1.1 ± 0.2‡
Muscle triglycerides (μmol/g)	1.7 ± 0.1	1.9 ± 0.2	2.9 ± 0.3*†
Liver triglycerides (μmol/g)	4.8 ± 0.3	18.4 ± 0.9*	14.4 ± 2.1*†

Data are means ± SE for n = 5–9 animals. Fat pad weights are expressed as a percentage of body mass.

*P < 0.01 vs. low fat;

†P < 0.01 vs. MCFAs;

‡P < 0.05 vs. low fat.