Table 3 Oxygen consumption (O 2 ), carbon dioxide production (CO 2 ), respiratory quotient (RQ) and spontaneous activity was measured of rats maintained with the control (CC and LC) or overfeeding diets (CO and LO)
Variables | Groups | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CC | CO | LC | LO | |||||||||
n | Mean | SEM | n | Mean | SEM | n | Mean | SEM | n | Mean | SEM | |
CO2 production (ml/mim/kg 0,75) | 6 | 56.9 | 1.3 | 6 | 63.2# | 1.3 | 6 | 52.5* | 1.5 | 6 | 59.4*# | 1.5 |
O2 consumption (ml/mim/kg 0,75) | 6 | 67.9 | 1.5 | 6 | 75.6# | 1.8 | 6 | 62.9* | 1.2 | 6 | 70.5*# | 2.0 |
RQ (VCO2/VO2) | 6 | 0.84 | 0.1 | 6 | 0.84 | 0.1 | 6 | 0.83 | 0.1 | 6 | 0.84 | 0.1 |
Activity | 6 | 6609 | 368 | 6 | 7223 | 515 | 6 | 5534* | 563 | 6 | 4683* | 407 |