Table 2.

Hemodynamic and metabolic characteristics of sham and type 2 diabetic rats

	Sham	Diabetes
Body weight, g	418 ± 7	449 ± 13
Mean blood pressure, mmHg	95.3 ± 3.1	101.6 ± 3.9
Heart rate, beat/min	347 ± 9	354 ± 12
Fasting blood glucose, mg/dl	96.9 ± 6.7	281.3 ± 9.7*
Fasting plasma insulin, mu/l	12.3 ± 1.2	11.4 ± 1.6
Insulin sensitivity index	−3.96 ± 0.07	−5.04 ± 0.28*
Plasma triglyceride, mmol/l	1.08 ± 0.28	3.37 ± 0.35*
Plasma leptin, ng/ml	352 ± 11	406 ± 13*
Retroperitoneal fat pad, g	5.17 ± 0.24	7.68 ± 0.39*
Epididymal fat pad, g	8.63 ± 0.38	9.84 ± 0.41*
Brown adipose tissues, g	1.16 ± 0.08	0.33 ± 0.06*

Data are means ± SE.

^*P < 0.05 vs. sham.