Table 1.
Basic characteristics, and plasma metabolic parameters in regular chow and high fat diet mice.
| Chow diet (n = 13) |
High Fat Diet (n = 10) |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Initial Body weight (g) | 26.09 ± 0.74 | 25.67 ± 0.74 | |
| Final Body weight (g) | 26.65 ± 0.59 | 29.21 ± 0.77*† | |
| Daily food intake (KJ/mouse) | 47.9 ± 12.42 | 70.9 ± 6.32 | |
| Glucose levels (mg/dL) | 140.1 ± 4.15 | 188.8 ± 8.48*** | |
| Plasma triglycerides (mg/dL) | 119.79 ± 34.17 | 123.04 ± 71.61 | |
| Plasma free fatty acids (mmol/L) | 0.44 ± 0.02 | 0.51 ± 0.03 | |
| Plasma insulin (ng/mL) | 0.111 ± 0.007 | 0.167 ± 0.029* | |
| Plasma leptin (ng/mL) | 5.6 ± 0.5 | 18.2 ± 1.8** | |
| Epidydimal fat pads weight (g) | Right | 0.223 ± 0.05 | 0.481 ± 0.16*** |
| Left | 0.213 ± 0.04 | 0.455 ± 0.167*** | |
| Retroperitoneal fat pads weight(g) | Right | 0.054 ± 0.01 | 0.093 ± 0.03** |
| Left | 0.051 ± 0.015 | 0.127 ± 0.064** | |
| Inguinal fat pads weight (g) | Right | 0.117 ± 0.011 | 0.115 ± 0.044 |
| Left | 0.123 ± 0.023 | 0.109 ± 0.04 | |
*,**, and ***denote p < 0.05, <0.01 and <0.001, respectively, compared to chow diet; †denotes p < 0.05 for the weight gain during the experiment in the high fat diet group.