TABLE 3.

Hepatic acylcarnitine levels in overnight-fasted mice on a high-fat diet

	8 Weeks			16 Weeks			32 Weeks
	Control Diet	HFD	P	Control Diet	HFD	P	Control Diet	HFD	P
Free carnitine	1337 ± 91	1680 ± 260	0.17	1555 ± 65	1374 ± 144	0.13	1345 ± 223	1384 ± 151	0.44
C2	5.33 ± 1.4	6.74 ± 1.2	0.22	8.67 ± 1.2	13.2 ± 3.6	0.15	6.52 ± 1.7	26.5 ± 10	0.05
C3	3.75 ± 0.69	12.3 ± 5.1	0.07	8.93 ± 2.1	11.5 ± 4.05	0.29	2.16 ± 0.40	12.8 ± 2.9	0.006
C4	2.99 ± 1.0	2.79 ± 0.77	0.43	1.43 ± 0.18	4.23 ± 1.9	0.10	3.95 ± 0.66	12.0 ± 3.0	0.02
C5	0.25 ± 0.06	0.24 ± 0.04	0.43	0.28 ± 0.05	0.37 ± 0.06	0.29	1.37 ± 0.18	2.14 ± 0.23	0.01
C14	0.08 ± 0.02	0.04 ± 0.01	0.06	0.05 ± 0.01	0.05 ± 0.01	0.45	0.04 ± 0.004	0.06 ± 0.01	0.07
C16	0.49 ± 0.06	0.68 ± 0.2	0.20	0.34 ± 0.06	0.52 ± 0.12	0.18	0.52 ± 0.05	0.75 ± 0.1	0.04

Acylcarnitine (nmol/g protein) in liver. Data are represented as the mean ± SE (n = 6–8).