Table 1.

Animal characteristics from body composition, serum basal levels of adiponectin, insulin, glucose and corticosterone of Control (C), Stressed (CS), Fish Oil (F) and Fish oil Stressed (FS) groups

	C	CS	F	FS	p
Initial body weight (g)	94.6 ± 3.4	94.6 ± 5.1	91.9 ± 3.9	92.2 ± 3.2	ns
Final body weight (g)	369.2 ± 9.3	373.3 ± 10.9	376.9 ± 9.5	361.6 ± 10.2	ns
Carcass content
Protein (g/100 g)	16.3 ± 1.6	16.9 ± 0.9	17.1 ± 1.8	18.9 ± 1.5	ns
Fat (g/100 g)	8.6 ± 1.0	8.8 ± 1.2	7.7 ± 1.2	8.0 ± 1.1	ns
Relative weight
RET (g/100 g)	2.00 ± 0.17	1.54 ± 0.15	1.48 ± 0.09	1.24 ± 0.17*	0.05
EPI (g/100 g)	2.12 ± 0.20	1.97 ± 0.18	1.71 ± 0.26	1.43 ± 0.11	ns
LIV (g/100 g)	2.88 ± 0.05	2.83 ± 0.13	2.91 ± 0.08	2.65 ± 0.03	ns
Adiponectin (mg/mL)	7.34 ± 0.56	8.04 ± 0.71	7.57 ± 0.54	7.49 ± 0.58	ns
Insulin (ng/mL)	1.01 ± 0.37	0.96 ± 0.29	0.75 ± 0.16	0.67 ± 0.21	ns
Glucose (mg/dL)	95.1 ± 3.4	133.4 ± 10.1§	93.5 ± 3.0	125.19 ± 6.0§	0.0001
Corticosterone (ng/mL)	182.0 ± 23.5	376.1 ± 40.1*	122.2 ± 9.1	108.8 ± 42.7	0.04

Data are means ± SEM. N = 6 rats/group. * Different from Control (C) group p < 0.05. § Different from Control (C) and Fish Oil (F) groups p < 0.05.