Table 2.

Serum parameters of overweight male rats subjected to 10 days of reduced food intake.

parameter	units	control	FR
glucose	mM	8.01 ± 0.09	6.02 ± 0.15 *
triacylglycerols	mM	1.58 ± 0.13	0.62 ± 0.05 *
non-esterified fatty acids	mM	0.35 ± 0.03	0.50 ± 0.07 *
total cholesterol	mM	1.36 ± 0.03	1.46 ± 0.11
insulin	pM	574 ± 79	71 ± 10 *
leptin	pM	47.1 ± 1.90	7.1 ± 0.7 *
adiponectin	nM	80.1 ± 5.1	78.1 ± 6.1

The data are the mean ± sem of six different animals. All units are expressed as mmol/L. Differences between groups: * = P < 0.05 versus controls