Table 1.

Blood chemical parameters^(a) in mice.

Chemical parameters	ob/ob	WT
Glucose	158 ± 18	61 ± 6
Total Cholesterol	> 450	226 ± 19
High Density Cholesterol	87 ± 7	< 50
Triglycerides	27 ± 2	31 ± 4
Calcium	6.8 ± 0.4	6.1 ± 0.3

(a): Data are presented as mean ± SD (mg dl^-1) of measures carried out in plasma samples separated from n = 3 ob/ob and n = 3 WT animals as indicated in the Methods section.