Table 1.

Basal (5-h fasted) characteristics of sod2^+/− mice

	Chow		HF
	sod2+/+	sod2+/−	sod2+/+	sod2+/−
Body weight (g)	25 ± 1	24 ± 1	34 ± 1†	35 ± 1†
Fat mass (%)	9 ± 1	8 ± 0.4	30 ± 1†	28 ± 2†
Arterial glucose (mg·dL−1)	123 ± 3	131 ± 4	152 ± 6†	155 ± 6†
Insulin (ng·mL−1)	0.7 ± 0.1	0.9 ± 0.2	2.0 ± 0.2†	2.4 ± 0.3†
Nonesterified fatty acid (mmol/L)	0.72 ± 0.04	0.75 ± 0.07	0.75 ± 0.06	0.67 ± 0.03

All data are expressed as mean ± SEM. n = 9–11.

†P < 0.05 compared with chow with the same genotype.