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. 2016 Mar 15;2016:8014252. doi: 10.1155/2016/8014252

Table 2.

Effects of long-term dietary fructose (Fruc), resveratrol (Res), and their combinations (Res + Fruc) on some metabolic parameters and plasma insulin, triglyceride, estradiol, and free testosterone and total testosterone of male and female rats.

 Groups Control Res Fruc Res + Fruc
Terminal body weight (g) Male 370 ± 10.7 335 ± 4.1 415 ± 6.5 371 ± 5.1#
Female 249 ± 6.7 227 ± 7.5 260 ± 1.8 235 ± 1.5#

Food intake (g/day) Male 20.74 ± 0.83 24.6 ± 1.1 20.5 ± 1.1 21.9 ± 1.1
Female 14.4 ± 0.8 18.3 ± 0.6 12.7 ± 0.5 12.8 ± 0.4

Liquid intake (mL/day) Male 46.5 ± 2.1 61.2 ± 2.4 56.8 ± 1.6 55.9 ± 1.6
Female 32.9 ± 0.9 38.9 ± 1.3 38.1 ± 1.3 37.8 ± 1.3

Total caloric intake (kcal) Male 72.6 ± 2.9 86.1 ± 3.8 94.9 ± 4.2 99.5 ± 4.5
Female 50.5 ± 2.9 64.1 ± 2.2 60.1 ± 2.2 60.3 ± 2.1

Resveratrol intake (mg/kg bw) Male 36 ± 1.2 29 ± 0.8
Female 40 ± 2.1 27 ± 0.5

Fructose intake (g/day) Male 5.7 ± 0.2 5.6 ± 0.2
Female 3.8 ± 0.1 3.8 ± 0.1

Omentum weight/body weight (%) Male 0.53 ± 0.02 0.57 ± 0.03 1.39 ± 0.32 0.95 ± 0.10#
Female 0.88 ± 0.04 0.59 ± 0.03 1.64 ± 0.23 1.20 ± 0.09#

Glucose (mg/dL) Male 129.5 ± 10.9 95.3 ± 6.1 129.4 ± 19.1 113.8 ± 8.6
Female 103.7 ± 3.7 87.6 ± 4.2 113.2 ± 7.8 100.9 ± 2.3

Insulin (ng/mL) Male 0.48 ± 0.13 0.40 ± 0.09 4.38 ± 0.52 1.28 ± 0.27#
Female 0.33 ± 0.08 0.29 ± 0.05 4.97 ± 0.34 2.08 ± 0.66#

Triglyceride (mg/dL) Male 88.9 ± 9.4 49.2 ± 4.6 132.8 ± 8.5 57.4 ± 6.9#
Female 81.6 ± 8.4 64 ± 8.3 205.1 ± 27.2 102.9 ± 14.1#†

Estradiol (pg/mL) Male 11.7 ± 1.3 9.3 ± 1.1 13 ± 2.3 9.9 ± 1.2
Female 41.6 ± 13 49.2 ± 10.6 33.8 ± 8.7 43.1 ± 6.9

Free testosterone (pg/mL) Male 25.7 ± 0.6 23.1 ± 0.9 23.1 ± 1.9 29.3 ± 1#
Female 2.5 ± 0.17 3.1 ± 0.09 2.9 ± 0.09 2.7 ± 0.02

Total testosterone (ng/mL) Male 3 ± 0.01 3.1 ± 0.12 2.7 ± 0.12 3 ± 0.1#
Female 0.29 ± 0.01 0.29 ± 0.01 0.3 ± 0.01 0.27 ± 0.02

Values are expressed as mean ± SEM, n = 6–12.

Significantly different (P < 0.05) compared to control group.

#Significantly different (P < 0.05) compared to fructose group.

Significantly different (P < 0.05) compared to male group.