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. 2012 Jun 9;9:53. doi: 10.1186/1743-7075-9-53

Table 2.

Blood profiles of the mice after the 19-week experiment

Basic data Low-fat diet
High-fat diet
ANOVAP-value
Sedentary (n=14) Running (n=15) Sedentary (n=14) Running (n=15) Diet Running Diet*Running
Total cholesterol (mmol/l)#
2.99 ± 0.88
2.70 ± 0.36
4.90 ± 0.54***
4.52 ± 0.49***,¤¤¤
<0.001
0.033
0.795
Triglycerides (mmol/l)
0.97 ± 0.23
1.05 ± 0.21
1.00 ± 0.24
0.90 ± 0.13¤
0.274
0.807
0.089
Free fatty acids (mmol/l)
0.82 ± 0.15
0.92 ± 0.16
0.49 ± 0.13***
0.44 ± 0.12***,¤¤¤
<0.001
0.572
0.108
Fasting glucose (mmol/l)
8.92 ± 1.17
8.45 ± 0.90
9.39 ± 1.12
10.53 ± 0.72***,§§,¤¤¤
<0.001
0.201
0.003
Fasting insulin (ng/ml)# 0.43 ± 0.24 0.27 ± 0.16* 2.25 ± 1.11*** 2.14 ± 0.82***,¤¤¤ <0.001 0.125 0.112

#Logarithmic transformation for normality and comparison.

Fasting blood glucose and insulin were measured after 18 weeks. * = vs. LFsed(P < 0.05), *** = vs. LFsed (P < 0.001), §§ = vs. HFsed (P < 0.01), ¤ = vs. LFexe (P < 0.05), ¤¤¤ = LFexe (P < 0.001). Results are means (±SD).