Table 1.

Tissue weights, Tissue TG content and pancreatic insulin content

	Sham	IT
BW (g)	626 ± 19	599 ± 19
Epididymal fat depots (g)	8.9 ± 0.5	6.7 ± 0.8 *
Retroperitoneal fat depots (g)	12.0 ± 0.8	8.8 ± 1.2*
Subcutaneous depot (g)	45 ± 4	38 ± 4
Mesenteric depot (g)	9.9 ± 0.5	8.6 ± 0.8
Total white adipose tissue (g)	76 ± 5	62 ± 7
Heart (g)	1.5 ± 0.1	1.5 ± 0.1
Kidney (g)	1.8 ± 0.1	1.7 ± 0.1
Liver (g)	21 ± 1	20 ± 1
Liver TG content (mg/g)	28 ± 2	21± 3*
Skeletal muscle TG content (mg/g)	5.0 ± 0.7	3.7 ± 0.3*
Inguinal TG content (%)	67 ± 2	66 ± 3
Mesenteric TG content (%)	66 ± 3	54 ± 5*
Pancreatic insulin content (µg/g)	5.8 ± 1.7	14.2 ± 4.1*

Values are mean ± SEM.

^*P<0.05 compared to sham by Student's t-test. Sham n=10, IT n=10.