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Table 1 Animal characteristics

From: Body adiposity dictates different mechanisms of increased coronary reactivity related to improved in vivo cardiac function

 

C

HF-

HF+

Final body weight

438 ± 7a

429 ± 10a

534 ± 8b

Body weight gain

90 ± 3a

88 ± 4a

129 ± 6b

Heart weight

57 ± 2a

47 ± 3b

48 ± 6a,b

PRAT

1.2 ± 0.1a

3.6 ± 0.7b

3.2 ± 0.7b

VAT

1.5 ± 0.2a

1.9 ± 0.2a,b

2.5 ± 0.3b

AAT

2.7 ± 0.3a

5.4 ± 0.7b

5.8 ± 0.9b

Glucose

5.06 ± 0.34

5.17 ± 0.17

5.31 ± 0.05

Insulin

153 ± 17

106 ± 13

145 ± 26

Triglycerides

0.97 ± 0.06a

1.61 ± 0.25b

1.24 ± 0.04a,b

Total cholesterol

0.53 ± 0.01a

0.91 ± 0.07b

0.84 ± 0.06b

Total AUCglucose

29077 ± 1048a

32298 ± 1167a,b

34364 ± 2060b

  1. The number of experiments was 6 per group. The body weight and body weight gain was expressed in g, the heart weight in mg of dry weight per 100 g of body weight, the weight of the perirenal (PRAT), visceral (VAT) and abdominal (AAT) adipose tissues in g of wet weight per 100 g of body weight, the concentration of glucose in mM, the concentrations of triglycerides and total cholesterol in g/l, the insulin concentration in mU/l and the total area under the curve (AUCglucose) in arbitrary units. C: control group; HF-: high fat-fed animals without weight gain compared to the control rats; HF+: high fat-fed animals with weight gain compared to the control rats; a, b: two means located on a same line without a common letter are significantly different.