Table 3.

Plasma nitrate and nitrite concentrations of male rats fed a cafeteria diet for one month compared with controls fed a standard rat chow diet.

	Units	Control	Cafeteria diet-fed
Nitrite	μM	3.4 ± 1.6	3.3 ± 1.3
Nitrate	μM	48.0 ± 4.7	45.6 + 6.6
Nitrate	% of total	94.5 ± 2.6	92.8 ± 2.8
NOx total	μM	51.4 ± 6.0	44.8 ± 7.3

The values are the mean ± SEM for 6 different animals. There were no significant differences between the two groups (P > 0.05, Student's t-test) for any parameter. WAT: white adipose tissue, BAT: brown adipose tissue.