Table 2.

Plasma CoEnzyme Q9 profile after 16 weeks of Diet

Parameters	Chow	HF	HFHC
redQ9 (μg/mL)	0.1204 ± 0.03	0.2318 ± 0.04	0.2518 ± 0.04
oxQ9 (μg/mL)	0.019 ± 0.004	0.0388 ± 0.004*	0.064 ± 0.005***##
totQ9 (μg/mL)	0.1394 ± 0.03	0.2706 ± 0.05	0.3158 ± 0.03*
redQ9/oxQ9 Ratio (AU)	6.825 ± 1.2	5.846 ± 0.8	4.161 ± 0.8

HFHC and HF diet fed mice have higher oxCoQ9 plasma levels (1 way ANOVA; p<0.0001; Tukey’s post test

^***p<0.001,

^##p<0.01,

^*p<0.05).

HFHC diet fed mice also have significantly increased plasma total CoEnzyme Q9 levels compared to both HF and chow fed mice after 16 weeks of diet (1 way ANOVA; p=0.0141; Tukey’s post test *=p<0.05).

Legend Key *=versus Chow, ^# versus HF. Data are expressed as mean ± SEM. N for groups: (Chow=5; HF=5, HFHC=5).