Table 3.

Effects of tempol and UCP1 ablation on body weight, body composition, and tissue weights

	Control		Tempol
Variable	WT	UCP1 KO	WT	UCP1 KO
Body wt, g	28.8 ± 0.7	32.4 ± 0.6†	28.6 ± 0.8	31.5 ± 0.6†
Fat mass, g	3.5 ± 0.4	4.3 ± 0.3	3.9 ± 0.4	4.2 ± 0.3
Lean mass, g	23.8 ± 0.5	26.2 ± 0.5†	23.3 ± 0.4	25.8 ± 0.5†
Body fat, %	12.0 ± 0.7	13.2 ± 1.1	13.5 ± 1.2	13.4 ± 1.0
Subcutaneous AT, g	0.29 ± 0.01	0.38 ± 0.02†	0.30 ± 0.02	0.31 ± 0.02†
Visceral white AT, g	0.54 ± 0.04	0.59 ± 0.05	0.58 ± 0.07	0.59 ± 0.04
Interscapular BAT, g	0.08 ± 0.01	0.13 ± 0.01†	0.10 ± 0.01	0.11 ± 0.01†
Thoracic periaortic BAT, g	0.02 ± 0.001	0.03 ± 0.001	0.02 ± 0.002	0.02 ± 0.003
Liver wt, g	1.35 ± 0.03	1.50 ± 0.04†	1.3 ± 0.05	1.5 ± 0.03†

Values are means ± SE.

^†P < 0.05, main effect of genotype.