Table 3.
Comparison between metabolic and endocrine changes in the models of maternal nicotine and tobacco smoke-exposed during lactation.
| Mother | Male pups | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Serum cotinine | Tobacco | ↑ | ↑ |
| Nicotine | ↑ | ↑ | |
| Serum cholesterol | Tobacco | Unchanged | Unchanged |
| Nicotine | Unchanged | Unchanged | |
| Serum HDL-c | Tobacco | ↑ | ↑ |
| Nicotine | ↑ | ↑ | |
| Serum LDL-c | Tobacco | Unchanged | ↓ |
| Nicotine | Unchanged | Unchanged | |
| Serum VLDL-c | Tobacco | ↑ | Unchanged |
| Nicotine | Unchanged | Unchanged | |
| Serum triglycerides | Tobacco | ↑ | ↑ |
| Nicotine | Unchanged | Unchanged | |
| Serum leptin | Tobacco | Unchanged | Unchanged |
| Nicotine | ↑ | ↑ | |
| Serum triiodothyronine | Tobacco | Unchanged | Unchanged |
| Nicotine | Unchanged | ↑ | |
| Serum thyroxine | Tobacco | Unchanged | Unchanged |
| Nicotine | ↓ | ↓ | |
| Serum corticosterone | Tobacco | Unchanged | ↑ |
| Nicotine | Unchanged | ↑ | |
| Adrenal catecholamine content | Tobacco | Unchanged | ↑ |
| Nicotine | Unchanged | ↑ |