Table 2.

Bronchoalveolar lavage inflammatory cells isolated from male rats

Diet Treatment	Total Cells(1 × 106 cells)	Macrophages(1 × 106 cells)	Lymphocytes(1 × 106 cells)	Neutrophils(1 × 106 cells)	Eosinophils(1 × 106 cells)
Low-fat diet	1.000 ± 0.063	1.000 ± 0.052	0.002 ± 0.002	0.002 ± 0.002	0
High-fat diet	2.392 ± 0.731	2.383 ± 0.733	0.002 ± 0.002	0.007 ± 0.005	0
High-fat diet + metformin	1.285 ± 0.111	1.270 ± 0.112	0.008 ± 0.003	0.003 ± 0.003	0

Values are means ± SE.