Table 1.

Characteristics of animal groups within the present study

	Age, weeks	LZR	OZR	OZR-Pentox	OZR-SQ-29548
Mass, g	7	153 ± 5	229 ± 7*	234 ± 7*	250 ± 9*
	10	249 ± 4	420 ± 10*	404 ± 8*	392 ± 10*
	13	311 ± 8	534 ± 14*	512 ± 11*	501 ± 11*
	17	361 ± 5	664 ± 11*	—	—
	20	375 ± 6	706 ± 14*	—	—
Mean arterial pressure, mmHg	7	102 ± 3	99 ± 4	97 ± 5	98 ± 4
	10	104 ± 4	105 ± 6	96 ± 6	101 ± 6
	13	101 ± 5	116 ± 4	105 ± 5	101 ± 5
	17	104 ± 6	128 ± 5*	—	—
	20	105 ± 6	134 ± 7*	—	—
Glucose, mg/dl	7	90 ± 6	91 ± 4	94 ± 6	96 ± 8
	10	92 ± 5	94 ± 9	95 ± 7	99 ± 7
	13	92 ± 7	114 ± 6*	108 ± 9*	116 ± 8*
	17	98 ± 8	154 ± 9*	—	—
	20	102 ± 7	360 ± 15*	—	—
Insulin, ng/ml	7	1.0 ± 0.2	3.0 ± 0.4*	3.1 ± 0.5*	3.0 ± 0.5*
	10	1.0 ± 0.3	4.6 ± 0.6*	4.4 ± 0.5*	4.8 ± 0.5*
	13	1.2 ± 0.3	6.9 ± 0.5*	7.1 ± 0.6*	6.8 ± 0.6*
	17	1.4 ± 0.3	7.6 ± 0.6*	—	—
	20	1.5 ± 0.4	8.2 ± 0.6*	—	—

Values are means ± SE. OZR, obese Zucker rat.

^*P < 0.05 vs. lean Zucker rat (LZR).