. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jun 1.

Published in final edited form as: Hepatology. 2013 Apr 26;57(6):2213–2223. doi: 10.1002/hep.26285

Table 1.

Animal, serum, and liver characteristics

Variable	WT	HET
Body weight (g)	36.75±0.77	33.63±0.94^*
Fat pad mass (g)	1.07±0.10	0.85±0.07^*
Food consumption (g/wk)	31.45±0.52	32.59±1.35
Serum TAG (mg/dL)	67.8±3.9	60.5±3.9
Serum FFAs (μmol/L)	223.1±12.7	202.2±12.1
Serum β-hydroxy-butyrate (μmol/L)	171.0±16.7	159.3±13.4
Serum glucose (mg/dL)	180.9±6.0	183.4±6.2
Serum insulin (ng/mL)	1.00±0.1	0.94±0.11
Serum ALTs (U/L)	30.7±1.7	30.1±3.3
Liver SOD-1 activity (U/mg)	26.3±3.2	24.6±2.2
Liver catalase activity (μmoles/min/μg)	1.63±0.16	1.70±0.11
Liver β-HAD activity (nmol/min/μg)	17.4±1.3	17.1±1.5
Liver CSA (nmol/min/μg)	93.4±2.7	88.7±1.9

Values are means ± SE (n=8–12).

Significantly different than WT, p<0.05. TAG = triacylglycerol; FFAs = free fatty acids; ALT = alanine aminotransferase; β-HAD = β-hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydrogenase; CSA = citrate synthase activity; SOD = superoxide dismutase.