Table 1.

The effect of fasting on the plasma lipid profile and circulating ghrelin in female W-T and PWS-IC^del littermate mice.

	W-T female		PWC-ICdel female
	Fed (n = 9)	Fasted (n = 9)	Fed (n = 8)	Fasted (n = 4)
Body weight (g)	43.1 ± 3.0	42.2 ± 2.6	26.2 ± 0.7aaa	22.9 ± 1.1ccc
Total polar lipids (µg/µL)	0.313 ± 0.021	0.366 ± 0.043	0.247 ± 0.014	0.269 ± 0.040
Free fatty acids (µg/µL)	0.045 ± 0.004	0.072 ± 0.013	0.049 ± 0.017	0.069 ± 0.021
Triacylglycerol (µg/µL)	0.191 ± 0.026	0.105 ± 0.023	0.128 ± 0.031	0.085 ± 0.042
S1 sterol esters (µg/µL)	0.036 ± 0.005	0.057 ± 0.011	0.029 ± 0.005	0.025 ± 0.009
S2 sterol esters (µg/µL)	0.058 ± 0.004	0.058 ± 0.010	0.045 ± 0.007	0.030 ± 0.009
Plasma [ghrelin (total)] (ng/mL)	9.82 ± 2.24	54.94 ± 10.03aa	13.12 ± 1.95	62.86 ± 15.43bb

S1, arachidonic acid-enriched sterol esters;

S2, sterol esters with shorter chain fatty acids.

^aaP < 0.01

^aaaP < 0.001 vs fed W–T female

^bbP < 0.01 vs fed PWC-IC^del female

^cccP < 0.001 vs fasted W-T female.