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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Aug 28.
Published in final edited form as: Appl Physiol Nutr Metab. 2012 Aug 15;37(6):1054–1062. doi: 10.1139/h2012-091

Table 1.

Animal, serum, and liver characteristics.

Variable LETO-SED OLETF-SED OLETF-EX OLETF-CR
Body mass (g) 542.6±16.08a 647.6±30.9b 520.1±22.3a 503.4±12.0a
Epididymal fat mass (g) 10.86±0.77a 16.75±2.05b 6.24±0.94a 8.16±0.83a
Heart mass/body mass (mg·g−1) 2.54±0.06a 2.42±0.12a 3.19±0.11b 2.62±0.06a
Serum TG (mg·dL−1) 42.8±4.4a 237.4±45.8b 51.5±7.3a 66.3±4.0a
Serum glucose (mg·dL−1) 98.5±5.9a 169.0±9.4b 104.7±4.6a 121.3±5.4c
Serum insulin (nmol·g−1) 1.93±0.28a 3.13±0.97a,b 1.48±0.46a 3.90±0.49c
Liver TG (nmol·g−1) 1.3±0.2a 6.2±0.9b 1.5±0.1a 2.3±0.3c
Steatosis score 0.2±0.1a 2.9±0.1b 0.7±0.1a 0.5±0.2a

Note: Values are means ± standard error (SE); n = 7–8 and n = 5–6 for steatosis score and serum TG, respectively. Values followed by different letters are significantly different (p < 0.05). TG, triglycerides.