Table 1.

Basic characteristics of lean and diet-induced obesity (DIO) C57BL/6J mice exposed to chronic intermittent hypoxia (CIH) or control for 4 weeks

Characteristics		Lean mice		DIO mice
Exposure		Control	CIH	Control	CIH
N		8	8	10	8
Body weight (g)
Day 0		23.5 ± 0.3	24.2 ± 1.0	33.0 ± 1.5*	33.5 ± 1.6*
Day 28		25.7 ± 0.4	23.0 ± 0.6**	34.9 ± 1.3*	34.9 ± 1.7*
Mean food intake (g/day)		3.22 ± 0.26	2.97 ± 0.49	3.34 ± 0.39	2.83 ± 0.38
Liver weight	(g)	0.92 ± 0.04	0.86 ± 0.02	1.31 ± 0.10*	1.10 ± 0.06*
	Percentage of body weight	4.08 ± 0.11	4.18 ± 0.06	4.25 ± 0.22	3.64 ± 0.18†
Epididymal fat	(g)	0.48 ± 0.02	0.35 ± 0.03**	1.56 ± 0.24*	1.65 ± 0.22*
	Percentage of body weight	1.94 ± 0.09	1.53 ± 0.12***	4.45 ± 0.55*	4.83 ± 0.60*

CIH, chronic intermittent hypoxia; DIO, diet-induced obesity.

^*P < 0.01 vs. lean mice.

^**P < 0.01 vs. control lean mice.

^***P < 0.05 vs. control lean mice.

^†P = 0.05 vs. control DIO mice.