Table 3.

Mouse plasma analyte levels (nm) either at 9 and 18 weeks or at 18 weeks-only time points by diet group (low-fat (LF), high-fat (HF) and whole walnut (WW))(Number of animals, mean values with SEM)

		LF diet	HF diet	WW diet
Analyte	Weeks	n	Mean	sem	n	Mean	sem	n	Mean	sem
Resistin	9	5	0·19	0·03	4	0·21	0·03	8	0·21	0·02
Insulin	9	4	65·6	36·7	2	75·2	23·8	6	40·6	5·9
Resistin	18	9	0·21a	0·02	8	0·13b	0·02	11	0·16b	0·02
Insulin	18	8	60·2a	10·4	8	23·8b	5·5	10	36·6a,b	6·2
Adiponectin	18	9	0·029	0·003	8	0·048	0·010	12	0·036	0·002
CRP	18	9	93·0	5·3	8	89·8	7·1	12	84·8	3·2
Leptin	18	9	1·85	1·27	8	0·29	0·07	11	0·89	0·21

CRP, C-reactive protein.

^a,b Mean values within a row with unlike superscript letters were significantly different (P < 0·05).