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Table 5 Biochemical parameters of rats maintained with the control (CC and LC) or overfeeding diets (CO and LO)

From: Intrauterine protein restriction combined with early postnatal overfeeding was not associated with adult-onset obesity but produced glucose intolerance by pancreatic dysfunction

Variables

 

Groups

  
 

CC

CO

LC

LO

 

n

Mean

SEM

n

Mean

SEM

n

Mean

SEM

n

Mean

SEM

Triglycerides (mg/dl)

6

181.4

16.4

5

84.2#

7.8

6

190.9*

12.2

6

156.5* #

21.9

LDL- cholesterol (mg/dl)

6

26.6

4.2

6

33.0

3.4

6

30.8

4.7

6

30.5

2.3

HDL- cholesterol (mg/dl)

6

23.6

0.6

6

20.1

1.9

6

24.6

1.2

6

23.5

0.9

Total cholesterol (mg/dl)

6

86.5

3.3

6

86.3

12.5

6

93.6

7.4

6

85.2

4.4

Castelli I

6

3.7

0.1

6

3.9

0.1

6

3.8

0.2

6

3.6

0.1

Castelli II

6

1.1b

0.2

6

2.1a

0.2

6

1.2 b

0.2

6

1.3b

0.1

FFA (μmol/l)

6

0.99

0.1

6

0.72#

0.1

6

0.88

0.0

6

0.84#

0.0

  1. FFA, free fatty acid.
  2. abc Mean values with unlike superscript letters were significantly different (P<0·05; two-way ANOVA followed by least significant difference (LSD) test).
  3. * Mean values were significantly different from those of the control rats (P<0·05; two-way ANOVA).
  4. # Mean values were significantly different from those of the non-overfeeding rats (P<0·05; two-way ANOVA).
  5. n Numbers of rats.
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Nutrition & Metabolism

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