Table 2. Free FA, TG and cholesterol levels and food intake of Bellomo Vegf-b^-/- and littermate control mice on a Western-type diet.

Age, diet, genotype	free FA (mM)	TG (mM)	Cholesterol (mM)	Food intake (g/day)
13w, SD,
wild type	0.34 ± 0.04	0.9 ± 0.09	3.5 ± 0.09	-
Vegf-b-/-	0.35 ± 0.04 n.s.	1.0 ± 0.12 n.s.	3.6 ± 0.11 n.s.	-
31w, SD,
wild type	0.27 ± 0.03	0.93 ± 0.06	4.84 ± 0.20 ***	3.2 ± 0.3
Vegf-b-/-	0.25 ± 0.01 n.s.	0.85 ± 0.07 n.s.	5.20 ± 0.18 n.s.,***	3.3 ± 0.2 n.s.
31w, WD,
wild type	0.28 ± 0.03	1.15 ± 0.05	7.09 ± 0.35 ***	3.5 ± 0.2
Vegf-b-/-	0.25 ± 0.02 n.s.	1.15 ± 0.03 n.s.	7.53 ± 0.27 n.s.,***	3.2 ± 0.2 n.s.

n.s. non-significant compared to wild type of matching age and diet, *** p<0.001 compared to 13 week, standard diet, two-way ANOVA. Results are presented as means ± S.E.M. n = 10–12