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. 2015 Jan 10;10(2):3. doi: 10.1007/s12263-014-0452-0

Table 1.

Body weight, food intake, metabolic parameters and body composition of WT and Ppara-null mice fed diets with different protein/carbohydrate ratio

Dietary protein/carbohydrate ratio p values
6/77 % 20/63 % 50/33 % PPARα Diet PPARα-diet
Body weight (g)
 WT 20.0 ± 0.5 21.3 ± 0.4 25.1 ± 0.4 <0.0001 <0.0001 0.0001
 Ppara-null 17.4 ± 0.3## 21.0 ± 0.5 20.0 ± 0.2####
Food intake (Kcal/day)
 WT 10.1 ± 0.49 10.8 ± 0.47 10.4 ± 0.48 0.53 0.07 0.14
 Ppara-null 10.6 ± 0.48 10.7 ± .0.65 10.3 ± 0.39
Protein intake (g/day)
 WT 0.15 ± 0.01 0.58 ± 0.02 1.32 ± 0.06 0.76 <0.0001 0.80
 Ppara-null 0.16 ± 0.01 0.57 ± 0.04 1.30 ± 0.05
Protein intake (Kcal/day)
 WT 0.61 ± 0.03 2.31 ± 0.10 5.26 ± 0.24 0.76 <0.0001 0.80
 Ppara-null 0.65 ± 0.03 2.28 ± 0.15 5.20 ± 0.20
Carbohydrate intake (g/day)
 WT 1.95 ± 0.10 1.82 ± 0.08 0.87 ± 0.04 0.29 <0.0001 0.08
 Ppara-null 2.07 ± 0.09 1.80 ± 0.12 0.86 ± 0.03
Carbohydrate intake (Kcal/day)
 WT 7.81 ± 0.38 7.29 ± 0.31 3.47 ± 0.16 0.29 <0.0001 0.08
 Ppara-null 8.29 ± 0.38 7.18 ± 0.48 3.43 ± 0.13
Glucose (mg/ml)
 WT 183.4 ± 15.0 218.0 ± 21.0 174 ± 9.3 0.10 0.0008 0.005
 Ppara-null 222.0 ± 9.6 176.5 ± 6.3 121.8 ± 3.1#
Glycogen (mg/g liver)
 WT 35.46 ± 1.9 28.06 ± 1.3 19.30 ± 2.7 0.001 <0.0001 <0.0001
 Ppara-null 44.27 ± 1.0## 22.26 ± 0.8 1.37 ± 0.62####
Insulin (ng/ml)
 WT 8.0 ± 0.6 11.4 ± 0.1 8.7 ± 1.2 <0.0001 0.0001 0.0455
 Ppara-null 4.0 ± 0.9# 8.8 ± 0.8 1.8 ± 0.2###
Glucagon (pg/ml)
 WT 35.5 ± 5.7 58.8 ± 3.7 71.5 ± 2.5 <0.0001 <0.0001 0.18
 Ppara-null 59.3 ± 10.5 112.4 ± 3.7### 107.6 ± 13.8#
Liver weight (% body weight)
 WT 5.1 ± 0.2 5.8 ± 0.1 5.3 ± 0.06 0.004 0.006 0.15
 Ppara-null 5.0 ± 0.3 5.3 ± 0.1 4.4 ± 0.2#
Urea (mg/day)
 WT 14.2 ± 0.7 20.4 ± 0.5 26.0 ± 0.5 <0.0001 <0.0001 0.0002
 Ppara-null 35.9 ± 2.3#### 29.3 ± 0.7### 45.4 ± 2.6####
Body protein (%)
WT 19.1 ± 0.4 22.2 ± 0.2 21.9 ± 0.3 0.0009 0.21 0.002
Ppara-null 20.0 ± 0.2 19.2 ± 0.8# 17.5 ± 1.5###
Body fat (%)
WT 7.3 ± 0.9 9.2 ± 1.5 5.0 ± 0.7 <0.0001 0.004 0.15
Ppara-null 21.3 ± 1.8### 29.4 ± 1.4#### 17.6 ± 3.4##

Data are means ± SEM. Glucose, glycogen, insulin, glucagon and liver weight data were obtained after 3 h of refeeding. Two-way ANOVA, with Bonferroni multiple comparisons post-test

WT wild-type mice, Ppara-null Ppara-null mice

p < 0.05; ## p < 0.01; ### p < 0.001; ### p ≤ 0.0001 relative to WT group