Table 3.

Weight gain and body composition of female rats in experiment 3

	NS	HS	LS
Start wt, g	191 ± 2	191 ± 3	188 ± 2
End wt, g	227 ± 4	223 ± 2	228 ± 2
Total energy intake, kcal·rat−1·23 days−1	1,286 ± 24A	1,222 ± 21A	1,498 ± 35B
	Carcass composition, g
Carcass wt	200 ± 3	192 ± 2	197 ± 1
Fat	16 ± 1A	17 ± 1A	21 ± 2B
Lean	147 ± 2A	140 ± 2B	141 ± 1A,B
Liver	6.8 ± 0.4	7.2 ± 0.9	7.8 ± 0.2
	Fat depot wt, g
Inguinal	2.6 ± 0.1A	2.7 ± 0.1A,B	3.2 ± 0.2B
Retroperitoneal	0.9 ± 0.1	1.0 ± 0.1	1.2 ± 0.1
Mesenteric	1.2 ± 0.116A	1.3 ± 0.1A	1.8 ± 0.2B
	Serum hormones and metabolites
Leptin, ng/ml	0.64 ± 0.08A	0.77 ± 0.11A	1.17 ± 0.13B
Insulin, ng/ml	25 ± 4	19 ± 2	15 ± 5
Glucose, mg/dl	113 ± 4	117 ± 7	115 ± 8
FFA, mEq	0.63 ± 0.03	0.61 ± 0.04	0.73 ± 0.05
TG, mg/dl	83 ± 5	118 ± 36	69 ± 7
Glycerol, nmol/ml	12.4 ± 0.7	12.8 ± 1.5	14.3 ± 0.8
TNF-α, pg/ml	92 ± 34	67 ± 43	94 ± 56
IL-6, pg/ml	16 ± 3	15 ± 3	14 ± 2

Values are means ± SE for groups of 8 rats. Values for a specific parameter that do not share a common superscript are significantly different (P < 0.05), as determined by 1-way ANOVA and post hoc Tukey’s test.