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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jan 12.
Published in final edited form as: Diabetologia. 2012 Aug 8;55(11):3083–3093. doi: 10.1007/s00125-012-2665-3

Table 2.

Oxygen consumption, spontaneous activity levels (beam breaks in X, Y and Z directions), caloric intake and RER in chow and HFD-fed female WT and Socs3 AKO mice

Variable Chow
HFD
WT
Socs3AKO
WT
Socs3 AKO
Dark Light Dark Light Dark Light Dark Light
O2 (ml kg−1 h−1) 3,563±143 2,845±92 3,323±155 2,708±130 3,348±224 2,700±172 3,747±117 2,940±79
Activity (breaks/12 h) 16,522±2,321 3,184±571 17,017±3,188 4,207±936 17,465±4,046 2,877±937 25,866±3,022 4,409±426
Food intake (kj/12 h) 24.1±1.00 10.8±0.67 25.0±1.46 12.6±1.00 26.7±2.93 14.6±2.05 29.3±1.67 15.8±1.42
RER (CO2/O2) 0.92±0.007 0.86±0.094 0.93±0.015 0.88±0.019 0.80±0.014 0.79±0.012 0.81±0.005 0.80±0.007

Data are means ± SEM, n=8 over 12 h dark and light cycles collected over a 72 h period

O2, oxygen consumption; CO2, CO2 production