Table 1.
Body weight, adipose tissues mass and blood parameters.
| CTRL | ATH | MCD | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Initial body weight [g] | 24.18 | 1.45 | 24.03 | 1.74 | 24.33 | 2.01 |
| Final body weight [g] | 27.55 | 1.63 | 26.91 | 1.56 | 16.35 | 0.95*,# |
| Total cholesterol [mmol/L] | 1.70 | 0.12 | 2.96 | 0.50* | 0.52 | 0.19*,# |
| Triglycerides [mmol/L] | 0.71 | 0.13 | 0.52 | 0.13* | 0.48 | 0.10* |
| Free fatty acids [mmol/L] | 0.63 | 0.14 | 0.59 | 0.09 | 1.00 | 0.41*,# |
| Insulin [ng/ml] | 0.38 | 0.09 | 0.31 | 0.08* | 0.07 | 0.02*,# |
| Glucose [mmol/L] | 9.95 | 1.02 | 9.05 | 2.01 | 4.60 | 1.71*,# |
| HOMA-IR index | 28.96 | 6.37 | 21.76 | 9.24* | 2.94 | 1.70*,# |
| eWAT [%BW] | 1.40 | 0.23 | 1.80 | 0.50* | 0.14 | 0.09*,# |
| eWAT adipocyte size [µm2] | 1791.55 | 327.38 | 1748.77 | 345.04 | 286.01 | 62.42*,# |
| iWAT [%BW] | 0.67 | 0.16 | 0.84 | 0.20* | 0.26 | 0.08*,# |
| BAT [mg] | 72.02 | 10.18 | 57.39 | 6.46* | 62.38 | 7.86* |
| BAT [%BW] | 0.26 | 0.03 | 0.21 | 0.02* | 0.37 | 0.05*,# |
Metabolic parameters CTRL, ATH and MCD groups (mean in bold and standard deviation). One-way ANOVA: *p value ATH/MCD vs CTRL < 0.05, #p value MCD vs ATH < 0.05.