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. 2012 Jan 10;153(3):1152–1161. doi: 10.1210/en.2011-1997

Table 1.

Body weights, blood glucose concentrations, urination volumes, daily food and calorie consumption, urinary albumin excretions, total kidney weights, and glomerular volumes in mice fed control or high-fat diet

Variable Control diet High-fat diet
Experiment 1
    Body weight (g) 33.20 ± 1.11 48.64 ± 0.94a
    Blood glucose (mmol/liter) 8.48 ± 0.27 9.35 ± 0.41
    Urination (ml) 0.60 ± 0.11 1.61 ± 0.23a
    Urinary albumin excretion (μg per 24 h) 13.68 ± 3.17 37.40 ± 4.61a
    Total kidney weight (g) 0.374 ± 0.011 0.413 ± 0.008a
    Glomerular volume (μm3) 253,122 ± 5,782 303,688 ± 13,528a
Experiment 2
    Body weight (g) 30.3 ± 1.05 42.6 ± 0.72a
    Blood glucose (mmol/liter) 7.54 ± 0.28 8.47 ± 0.61
    Daily food consumption (g) 3.48 ± 0.06 3.41 ± 0.12
    Daily calorie intake (kcal) 14.16 ± 0.25 18.93 ± 0.65a

Data are expressed as means ± sem and n = 10–14 per group in experiment 1 and n = 14–15 per group in experiment 2.

a

P < 0.01 vs. mice fed the control diet.