Table 1. Physiological characteristics of ZDF (fa/+) and ZDF (fa/fa) groups studied at 16 weeks old.

		ZDF (fa/+) rat	ZDF (fa/fa) rat	P value
Plasma	Glucose (mmol/L)	3.31 ± 0.19	7.25 ± 0.81	0.002
	Lactate (mmol/L)	4.06 ± 0.65	7.82 ± 2.43	0.009
	Triglycerides (mmol/L)	0.3 ± 0.07	2.62 ± 0.35	0.002
	Palmitic acid (mmol/L)	2.67 ± 0.06	7.31 ± 0.59	0.002
	Stearic acid (mmol/L)	1.42 ± 0.03	2.62 ± 0.09	0.002
	Oleic acid (mmol/L)	0.78 ± 0.08	3.66 ± 0.34	0.002
	Linoleic acid (mmol/L)	2.41 ± 0.07	5.22 ± 0.39	0.002
	Arachidonic acid (mmol/L)	3.39 ± 0.12	5.72 ± 0.35	0.002
Tissues	Body weight (g)	283 ± 8	327 ± 14	0.002
	Liver weight (g)	6.6 ± 0.07	14.4 ± 0.6	0.002
	Adipose weight (g)	1.33 ± 0.07	4.89 ± 0.29	0.002

The data are expressed as median ± SEM.