Table 1.

Parameters measured from plasma of low fat-fed and high fat-fed WT and eNOS-TG mice.

Parameter	WT LFD	WT HFD	eNOS-TG LFD	eNOS-TG HFD
* Insulin (pg/ml)	116.2±40.7	3010.6±537.3†	480.8±95.4||	568.1±175.6#
Adiponectin (μg/ml)	22.0±3.8	25.7±4.0	27.8±3.0	30.1±3.8
Resistin (pg/ml)	2449.8±156.1	7894.0±1155.0†	3547.3±387.2||	6251.3±497.9§,@
Leptin (pg/ml)	209.0±38.3	5099.0±1265.0†	997.4±203.4||	4874.4±783.1§,@
Cholesterol (mg/dl)	96.4±2.7	117.8±5.9†	92.1±4.4||	124.0±6.8§,@
Triglycerides (mg/dl)	37.8±2.5	46.2±4.8	26.2±3.0||	23.8±2.8§,#
NEFA (mEq/L)	0.39±0.05	0.38±0.06	0.19±0.04‡,||	0.16±0.02§,#
* Glycerol (mg/L)	11.2±1.2	14.7±1.9	12.0±1.4	12.7±0.5

Wild-type (WT) and eNOS-TG mice were fed a low fat diet (LFD) or high fat diet (HFD) for 6 weeks. Plasma from the mice was used to measure the indicated parameters.

^*n = 6–7 mice per group; for all other parameters, the groups contained 13–14 mice per group.

^†WT LFD vs. WT HFD

^‡WT LFD vs. eNOS-TG LFD

^§WT LFD vs. eNOS-TG HFD

^||WT HFD vs. eNOS-TG LFD

^#WT HFD vs. eNOS TG HFD

^@eNOS-TG LFD vs. eNOS-TG HFD