Table 2.

Characteristics of mice fed NC or HF diet

	Diet
	NC (n = 10)	HF (n = 15)
	Mice
Body mass, g	32 ± 1	35 ± 1*
Blood glucose, mg/dl	119 ± 6	156 ± 6*
Food intake, kcal/day	13 ± 0.3	14 ± 0.6
	Tissue
Epididymal white adipose tissue
Weight, g	0.77 ± 0.10	1.6 ± 0.08*
%Body mass	2.4 ± 0.26	4.42 ± 0.15*
Brown adipose tissue
Weight, g	0.25 ± 0.03	0.33 ± 0.02
%Body mass	0.79 ± 0.09	0.92 ± 0.05

Values are means ± SE; n, number of mice. NC, normal chow; HF diet, high-fat diet.

^*P < 0.05 vs. NC.