Table 1.

Animal characteristics

	Young	Old
		Water	Tempol
Body weight (g)	21.8 ± 0.5	35.1 ± 1.6**	37.4 ± 2.2**
Body fat (%)	1.4 ± 0.3	6.0 ± 0.9**	6.1 ± 1.3**
Body temperature (°C)	38.1 ± 0.2	35.9 ± 0.1**	36.7 ± 0.3**,#
Glucose (mg/dl)	136.4 ± 2.8	122.5 ± 3.8	120.1 ± 6.0
Total cholesterol (mg/dl)	61.7 ± 6.3	40.5 ± 3.3*	39.5 ± 5.1*
Triglyceride (mg/dl)	62.0 ± 7.4	48.9 ± 4.8	46.8 ± 3.2
Blood urea nitrogen (mg/dl)	20.8 ± 0.9	23.2 ± 1.1	21.4 ± 1.1

Each value represents the mean ± SEM. The data were obtained from 6–8 animals.*p<0.05 and **p<0.005 vs young group. ^#p<0.05 vs aged control group.