Table 1.

Characteristics of mice fed a standard or high-fat diet and treated with quercetin or vehicle (n=6–8 each)

	Control+Vehicle	Control+Quercetin	High-fat+Vehicle	High-fat+Quercetin
Body weight (g)	34.5 (32.7–35.5)	35.0 (33.7–35.2)	56.0 (56.0–61.0)*	58.0 (54.5–61.0)*
Kidney weight (mg)	212.7±33.9	206.0±24.2	231.7±11.6	215.4±20.8
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)	88.2±25.7	99.2±18.8	89.0±31.0	94.8±35.1
Plasma total cholesterol (mg/dL)	72.5 (64.2–80.0)	76.0 (71.2–79.2)	288.5 (204.7–307.7)*	217.0 (187.0–232.2)*

Data are expressed as median (interquartile range) or mean±standard deviation.

^*P≤0.05 vs. Control+Vehicle

^†P≤0.05 vs. High-fat+Vehicle

Body weight, plasma total cholesterol, Wilcoxon test; Kidney weight, Systolic blood pressure, two-tailed Student’s t-tests.