Table 2. Blood glucose and packed cell volume of Wistar rats fed control or cafeteria diet for one month, after exsanguination under isoflurane anesthesia on day 30.

The data are the mean ± sem of 6 animals per group. Packed cell volume data were corrected for trapped plasma as explained in the text. Statistical significance of the differences between means were determined using a 2-way ANOVA program.

Parameter	Units	Male		Female		P values
		Control	Cafeteria	Control	Cafeteria	Sex	Diet	Interaction
Blood glucose	mM	6.83 ± 0.13	5.93 ± 0.37	6.43 ± 0.14	6.31 ± 0.31	NS	NS	NS
Plasma glucose	mM	10.41 ± 0.33	10.90 ± 0.64	10.71 ± 0.63	10.84 ± 0.64	NS	NS	NS
Packed cell volume	% blood volume	45.7 ± 0.9	43.8 ± 0.7	43.1 ± 1.1	42.7 ± 1.8	NS	NS	NS
Blood cell glucosea	µmol/g	2.75 ± 0.32	0.53 ± 0.96*	2.76 ± 0.56	0.33 ± 0.27*	NS	<0.0001	NS

Notes.

^aBlood cells’ glucose concentration was calculated for each animal from glucose data (whole blood and plasma) and the net packed cell volume.

^*Statistically not different from zero.