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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Biofactors. 2013 Jun 27;39(5):10.1002/biof.1113. doi: 10.1002/biof.1113

Table 4.

Effects of oral administration of IFNT on 24-h energy expenditure in 10-week-old ZDF rats

Oral IFNT dose (μg/kg BW/day)
0 4 8
O2 consumption (L/h/kg BW) 1.44 ± 0.01b 1.46 ± 0.01b 1.50 ± 0.01a
CO2 production (L/h/kg BW) 1.17 ± 0.01 1.16 ± 0.01 1.19 ± 0.01
Respiratory quotient (CO2/O2, v/v) 0.815 ± 0.001a 0.796 ± 0.001b 0.794 ± 0.001b
Heat production (kcal/kg BW/h) 6.85 ± 0.04b 6.92 ± 0.05b 7.12 ± 0.04a

Data are the hourly means ± SEM, n = 6 per treatment. Energy expenditure was determined over a 24-h period in 10-week-old ZDF rats, during which food and drinking water containing the respective doses of IFNT were provided.

a–c

Values within a row with different superscript letters differ (P < 0.05), as analyzed by one-way ANOVA.