Table 1.

Serum parameters

	L-AL	O-CR	O-AL4wk	O-AL
Triglyceride, mg/dl	42.3 ± 2.9a	79.3 ± 14.0a,b	108.8 ± 20.3b	278.6 ± 33.6c
Free fatty acids, μmol/l	251.7 ± 12.1a	183.8 ± 16.3b	227.2 ± 14.3a,b	387.7 ± 22.0c
Glucose, mg/dl	179.4 ± 4.5a	233.9 ± 9.2b	229.9 ± 18.0b	271.5 ± 10.9c
Insulin, ng/ml	9.7 ± 0.5a	9.0 ± 0.7a	9.7 ± 1.2a	13.9 ± 0.9b

Values are means ± SE; n = 8-10/group. L-AL, Long-Evans Tokushima Otsuka rat with ad libitum (AL) access to food; O-CR, calorie-restricted (CR) Otsuka Long-Evans Tokushima (OLETF) fatty rat; O-AL4wk, OLETF rat with AL access to food for 4 wk; O-AL, OLETF rat with AL access to food. Values with different letter superscripts

(a, b, and c) are significantly different.