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Table 2 Plasma values in Zucker obese (ZO) and Zucker diabetic (ZDF) rats and in their respective controls (CO and CZ).

From: Lipogenesis in arterial wall and vascular smooth muscular cells: regulation and abnormalities in insulin-resistance

 

CZ

ZDF

CO

ZO

Triglycerides mM

    

7 weeks

0.53 ± 0.06

4.12 ± 0.48***

0.49 ± 0.09

1.19 ± 0.09**

14 weeks

0.54 ± 0.07

3.78 ± 0.39***

0.55 ± 0.07

2.15 ± 0.30**

21 weeks

0.59 ± 0.05

5.85 ± 1.03***

0.72 ± 0.17

3.73 ± 1.09*$

Glucose mM

    

7 weeks

7.39 ± 0.28

7.32 ± 0.31

6.89 ± 0.13

7.56 ± 0.53

14 weeks

7.02 ± 0.39

30.11 ± 0.91***

7.52 ± 0.58

7.90 ± 0.34

21 weeks

7.58 ± 0.32

30.20 ± 0.21***

6.05 ± 0.64

10.59 ± 2.45*$

Insulin μg/L

    

7 weeks

4.7 ± 0.7

16.0 ± 3.0**

0.8 ± 0.4

4.8 ± 1.0**

14 weeks

6.8 ± 1.1

4.5 ± 1.0

1.7 ± 0.4

6.7 ± 0.3***

21 weeks

8.5 ± 0.5

<0.05**

1.2 ± 0.2

6.3 ± 0.5***

  1. Measurements were made in the post-absorptive state.
  2. * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001 vs the respective control group; $ p < 0.05 vs the value at 7 weeks of the same group