Table 1. Metabolic parameters of 8-week-old mice.

	n	NC-Con	NC-EPO	HFD-Con	HFD-EPO
Body weight (g)	10	23 ± 0.3	21.6 ± 0.5 a	28 ± 0.3 aa, bb	24.8 ± 0.2 aa, bb, cc
Interscapular BAT mass (g)	9–14	0.06 ± 0.002	0.11 ± 0.007 aa, cc	0.07 ± 0.003	0.13 ± 0.006 aa, cc
Subcutaneous WAT mass (g)	5	0.21 ± 0.014	0.22 ± 0.023	0.89 ± 0.067 aa, bb	0.7 ± 0.051 aa, bb, c
Epididymal WAT mass (g)	9–15	0.24 ± 0.03	0.23 ± 0.024	0.85 ± 0.04 aa, bb	0.61 ± 0.054 aa, bb, cc
Glucose (mg/dl)	7–9	75.4 ± 9.5	51.6 ± 9.6	90.8 ± 8.9 b	61.2 ± 6.9
Insulin (μU/ml)	7–9	12.4 ± 2.1	9.1 ± 1.1	13.6 ± 1.6	10.6 ± 1.0
HOMA-IR	7–9	2.3 ± 0.46	1.1 ± 0.23	3.1 ± 0.59 b	1.5 ± 0.18 c
Triglyceride (mg/dl)	4–8	52.3 ± 12.7	62 ± 18.1	37.8 ± 7.1 a, b	45 ± 8.8 a
Total cholesterol (mg/dl)	4–8	83.5 ± 2.3	86.8 ± 2.9	146.3 ± 4.9 aa, bb	125.5 ± 3.8 aa, bb, cc

Values are mean ± SE.

^aP < 0.05 or ^aaP < 0.01, vs. mice fed normal chow diet (NC-Con).

^bP < 0.05 or ^bbP < 0.01, vs. mice fed normal chow diet plus EPO (NC-EPO).

^cP < 0.05 or ^ccP < 0.01, vs. mice fed high-fat diet alone (HFD-Con).