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. 2010 Mar 18;59(6):1424–1434. doi: 10.2337/db09-1212

TABLE 1.

High-fat–fed serum hormone and serum metabolite levels

Wild type Txnip KO P value
Serum hormone
    Insulin (pg/ml) 70.0 ± 19.4 28.3 ± 4.0 0.05
    Glucagon (pg/ml) 30.4 ± 3.0 29.4 ± 5.1 0.92
    Leptin (pg/ml) 611 ± 110 360 ± 52 0.03*
    Adiponectin, HFD (ng/ml) 9.1 ± 4.2 4.2 ± 0.6 <0.01*
    Adiponectin, SCD (ng/ml) 5.7 ± 0.9 6.8 ± 0.5 0.33
Serum metabolites
    Glucose (mg/dl) 139 ± 9 87 ± 6 <0.001*
    Triglycerides (mg/dl) 146 ± 32 258 ± 31 0.02*
    FFA (before clamp, mEq/ml) 0.97 ± 0.07 1.33 ± 0.16 0.04*
    Δ FFA (after clamp, % change) −3.3 ± 8.9 −31.8 ± 6.2 0.02*
    β-hydroxybutyrate (mmol/l) 1.57 ± 0.26 5.88 ± 0.47 <0.0001*

Unless indicated, values reflect serum levels after an overnight fast.

*Statistical significance by Student t test.