Table 1.

Organ weights and total T4 (TT4) and T3 (TT3) serum levels from N, HFD, HFD+T2, and HFD+T3 rats after 1 week of treatment.

	Organ weight (g)						Serum levels (nM)
1 week	Heart	Liver	WAT visc	WAT subc	Gastrocn	BAT	TT4	TT3
N	1.15 ± 0.06	12.8 ± 0.041	9.83 ± 0.81	5.10 ± 0.30	2.05 ± 0.08	0.35 ± 0.02	66 ± 3.2	0.80 ± 0.05
HFD	1.21 ± 0.09	13.8 ± 0.07$	11.21 ± 0.98	6.20 ± 0.48*	2.30 ± 0.09	0.33 ± 0.02	74 ± 4.2	0.84 ± 0.04
HFD+T2	1.13 ± 0.08	12.9 ± 0.06#	9.89 ± 0.84	4.77 ± 0.31#	2.03 ± 0.07	0.37 ± 0.04	69 ± 3.4	0.75 ± 0.04
HFD+T3	1.15 ± 0.10	12.1 ± 0.06**	9.40 ± 0.79	4.10 ± 0.25#	1.90 ± 0.11#	0.4 ± 0.05	61 ± 2.5	1.52 ± 0.13**

Values represent the mean ± SEM for five rats.

^*P < 0.05 vs. N;

^#P < 0.05 vs. HFD;

^$P < 0.05 vs. N, HFD+T2, and HFD+T3;

^**P < 0.05 vs. N, HFD, HFD+T2.