Table 1.

Body and tissue weights and metabolic determinations in the four experimental groups

	C		HF
	F	NF	F	NF
Body Weight (g)	424 ± 7	431 ± 23	508 ± 33#	538 ± 18 t
Skeletal Muscle (g)	2.01 ± 0.33	2.51 ± 0.06*	1.93 ± 0.04	2.64 ± 0.10*
Retroperitoneal fat (g)	7.99 ± 1.30	9.90 ± 1.70	20.49 ± 2.75#	17.64 ± 2.57 t
Subcutaneous fat (g)	8.15 ± 1.54	10.99 ± 2.12	17.41 ± 2.31#	20.68 ± 6.06
Glucose (mg/dL)	104.45 ± 4.33	124 ± 6.22*	125.02 ± 5.97 t	123.3 ± 3.47
Insulin (ng/mL)	0.45 ± 0.09	2.05 ± 0.14*	1.80 ± 0.47#	2.50 ± 0.47 T
Leptin (ng/mL)	3.53 ± 0.84	18.94 ± 4.06*	17.87 ± 3.54#	20.93 ± 5.78

C: control diet fed animals. HF: high-fat diet fed animals. F: Fasted animals. NF: Non fasted animals. Data are given as means ± SEM. Groups were compared using the Mann-Whitney U test: (F vs NF), T < 0.10; *p < 0.05; (C-F vs HF-F and C-NF vs HF-NF), t < 0.10, # p < 0.05.