Table 1.

Serum hormone and metabolite concentrations in young and aged dams.

	Young	Aged	t-test
Insulin (ug/L)	7.39 ± 2.9	3.76 ± 0.5	p = 0.25
Leptin (pg/ml)	2455.8 ± 467	5367 ± 1670	p = 0.124
Glucose (mmol/l)	6.97 ± 0.06	7.73 ± 0.29*	p = 0.04
Cholesterol (mmol/l)	1.95 ± 0.09	1.75 ± 0.11	p = 0.2
FFA (umol/l)	1211.1 ± 267	1098.8 ± 95	p = 0.7

Data presented as mean ± SEM. Data are from young or aged females (n = 6 females per group). *Significant difference between groups by unpaired t test (p < 0.05).