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Table 2 Biometric characteristics of high-fat fed, C57BL/6 mice

From: Mesenchymal stem cell transplantation for the infarcted heart: therapeutic potential for insulin resistance beyond the heart

 

SHAM

MI + PBS

MI + MSC

Fasting Plasma Glucose (mM)

11.37 ± 0.48

10.81 ± 0.43

9.06 ± 0.32*†

Fasting Plasma NEFA (mM)

1.04 ± 0.05

1.09 ± 0.06

0.8 ± 0.06*†

Fasting Plasma Insulin (μU/ml)

60.08 ± 13.22

50.76 ± 16.15

42.46 ± 11.13

Experimental Plasma Insulin (μU/ml)

128.02 ± 15.77

108.17 ± 8.84

160.04 ± 24.32

Muscle (%)

68.70 ± 1.76

77.75 ± 1.96*

67.88 ± 2.38†

Fat (%)

29.53 ± 1.80

20.74 ± 2.02*

30.25 ± 2.42†

Free Fluid (%)

1.77 ± 0.11

1.51 ± 0.17

1.87 ± 0.27

  1. Data are mean ± SEM.
  2. n = 11-12 mice per group for plasma glucose, n = 10-12 for plasma NEFA, n = 8-9 for fasting plasma insulin, n = 8 for experimental plasma insulin, n = 9-13 for body composition.
  3. *p < 0.05 vs. SHAM.
  4. †p < 0.05 vs. MI + PBS.
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Cardiovascular Diabetology

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