Dietary saturated fat/cholesterol, but not unsaturated fat or starch, induces C-reactive protein associated early atherosclerosis and ectopic fat deposition in diabetic pigs

Table 2 Food intake, urinary glucose excretion, final body weights and tissue data of diabetic pigs fed saturated fat/cholesterol or unsaturated fat or starch enriched diets

	Saturated fat plus cholesterol diet	Unsaturated fat diet	Starch diet
Factual average food intake (MJ/day)	23.9 ± 1.3	25.0 ± 2.0	27.7 ± 0.9
Average urinary glucose excretion (MJ/day)	8.5 ± 1.0^A	9.1 ± 1.1^A	15.8 ± 2.1^B
Final body weight (kg)	41 ± 3	45 ± 5	48 ± 7
Liver weight (kg)	1.47 ± 0.08^A	1.12 ± 0.03^B	1.11 ± 0.03^B
Liver triglyceride concentration (g/kg)	49 ± 11^A	27 ± 1^B	21 ± 3^B
Muscle triglyceride concentration (g/kg)	21 ± 4^A	13 ± 3^AB	8 ± 1^B
Retroperitoneal fat weight (g)	260 ± 72^AB	571 ± 95^A	135 ± 51^B
Surface area aorta fatty steaks (%)	17.9 ± 4.4^A	0.03 ± 0.02^B	0.14 ± 0.07^B

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