Dysregulation of mitochondrial dynamics mediated aortic perivascular adipose tissue-associated vascular reactivity impairment under excessive fructose intake

Table 2 The metabolic indices of rats at 8 and 20 months of age after a 3-month regular diet (ND) and high fructose diet (HFD)

Age (weeks old)	group	Fasting blood sugar (mmol/L)	Fasting blood triglyceride (mmol/L)	Fasting blood insulin (μU/mL)	Waistline (cm)	Body weight (g)
8	ND	4.36 ± 0.163	1.58 ± 0.044	3.49 ± 0.383	12.53 ± 0.117	309.4 ± 6.437
	HFD	4.42 ± 0.146	1.65 ± 0.060	2.89 ± 0.235	12.45 ± 0.351	332.0 ± 18.22
20	ND	4.60 ± 0.153	1.79 ± 0.072	7.89 ± 0.450	15.32 ± 0.209	508.0 ± 22.61
	HFD	5.47 ± 0.186*	2.15 ± 0.048*	13.26 ± 0.757***	15.22 ± 0.391	476.5 ± 17.10
	HFD + Q	5.44 ± 0.170*	2.26 ± 0.068^##	14.53 ± 0.845^###	15.93 ± 0.498	518.7 ± 36.79

Values are the mean ± SEM, n = 14 for each group
ND, regular diet, HFD, high fructose diet, Q, coenzyme Q₁₀
*P < 0.05, **P < 0.01, and ***P < 0.001 versus the ND group, ^##P < 0.01, and ^###P < 0.001 versus the HFD group in the Student’s t test (8 weeks old) or in the post hoc Sidak’s multiple range test. (20 weeks old)

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