Table 2. Effect of HF diet and pregnancy on concentrations of adipokines in the circulation.

Protein	Control Non Pregnant	HF Non Pregnant	Control Pregnant	HF Pregnant
Leptin (ng/mL)	14.5±2.29	68.4±6.72**	120.2±8.94†††	136.3±26.37§§
AdiponectinHMW (µg/mL)	12.4±0.91	9.8±0.33***	6.9±0.53†††	6.39±0.42

Leptin (n = 8–15) and Adiponectin^HMW (n = 8 in each group). Statistical analysis performed using two way ANOVA, comparisons between HF non pregnant and control non pregnant: ** = P<0.01, *** = P<0.001, comparisons between control pregnant and control non pregnant: ††† = P<0.001, comparisons between HF pregnant and HF non pregnant: §§ = P<0.01.