Table 2A.

Characteristics of mice in experiment A (after treatment).

Variables	Met-/Clin-	Met-/Clin+	Met+/Clin-	Met+/Clin+
Food intake (g/d)	4.3 ± 0.6	3.6 ± 0.6*	3.6 ± 0.5*	3.5 ± 0.4*
Weight (g)	42.1 ± 2.8	41.4 ± 3.3	42.5 ± 4.6	40.8 ± 5.0
Fasting glucose (mmol/L)	25.0 ± 5.7	25.2 ± 4.5	16.4 ± 4.4**	16.2 ± 5.2**
2h glucose (mmol/L)	30.4 ± 6.2	30.8 ± 7.0	20.4 ± 5.6**	21.8 ± 7.3**
Acetic acid (mmol/L)	35.6 ± 3.3	23.6 ± 4.5**	35.1 ± 2.5	26.7 ± 3.7**
Propanoic acid (mmol/L)	14.7 ± 1.5	10.0 ± 1.5**	16.9 ± 1.7*	9.6 ± 1.9**
Butyric acid (mmol/L)	3.9 ± 0.8	3.3 ± 0.8	5.9 ± 0.8**	4.5 ± 1.0
Total GLP-1 (pmol/L)	28.4 ± 4.4	30.2 ± 4.2	37.4 ± 6.3**	29.2 ± 7.0
Active GLP-1 (pmol/L)	3.5 ± 0.5	3.3 ± 0.6	3.7 ± 0.6	3.6 ± 0.7
PYY (pmol/L)	12.0 ± 2.1	10.8 ± 1.1	10.3 ± 1.4	11.8 ± 3.1

*Compared with the Met-/Clin- group, P<0.05; **Compared with the Met-/Clin- group, P<0.01.