Table 1.
Serum glucose, insulin, nonesterified fatty acid, acetate concentrations, and fat pad weights of LCR and HCR rats fed CON or HFD for 3 days
| LCR |
HCR |
P |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | CON | HFD | CON | HFD | Diet | Strain | Diet × Strain |
| Serum characteristics | |||||||
| Glucose, mg/dl | 180.4 ± 9.94 | 189.4 ± 16.1 | 174.1 ± 8.05 | 191.1 ± 8.69 | 0.2669 | 0.8419 | 0.7373 |
| Insulin, ng/ml | 7.50 ± 2.00 | 7.74 ± 1.33 | 8.80 ± 1.29 | 8.57 ± 1.15 | 0.7613 | 0.0910 | 0.8980 |
| NEFA, μM/ml | 609.4 ± 40.1 | 734.0 ± 45.5 | 694.9 ± 55.6 | 705.1 ± 22.3 | 0.1516 | 0.5394 | 0.2212 |
| Acetate, ng/μl | 141.6 ± 15.9 | 170.6 ± 19.7 | 102.0 ± 21.1 | 101.8 ± 38.3 | 0.4598 | 0.0092 | 0.4534 |
| Fat pad weights | |||||||
| Mesenteric, mg | 4.65 ± 0.51 | 4.88 ± 0.62 | 3.00 ± 0.25 | 3.42 ± 0.31 | 0.9452 | 0.0296 | 0.8692 |
| Epididymal, mg | 9.32 ± 1.29 | 9.62 ± 1.41 | 6.04 ± 0.63 | 7.21 ± 0.54 | 0.8203 | 0.0122 | 0.6734 |
| Retroperitoneal, mg | 12.1 ± 0.90 | 11.5 ± 1.38 | 6.58 ± 0.72 | 7.72 ± 0.58 | 0.8307 | 0.0037 | 0.5115 |
| Omental, mg | 1.94 ± 0.23 | 1.84 ± 0.30 | 1.82 ± 0.18 | 2.46 ± 0.32 | 0.9011 | 0.5237 | 0.5111 |
Values are means ± SE. CON, control diet; HCR, high-capacity running; HFD, high-fat diet; LCR, low-capacity running; NEFA, nonesterified fatty acid. Bolded P value denotes a significant main effect (P < 0.05).