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Table 1 Body weight, fat content and plasma adipocytokine levels in the offspring of vitamin restricted WNIN rat dams on postnatal day 180

From: Effect of maternal vitamin and mineral restrictions on the body fat content and adipocytokine levels of WNIN rat offspring

 

VC

VR

VSP

VSW

Body weight (g)

362 ± 6.4a

346 ± 2.24b

392 ± 4.84a

351 ± 7.6a

Percent of body fat

16.8 ± 0.57a

19.9 ± 0.72b

17.2 ± 0.63a

18.7 ± 0.61b

Epididymal fat pad weight (g/100 g bodyweight)

1.52 ± 0.04a

1.98 ± 0.04b

1.69 ± 0.09a

1.92 ± 0.13b

Adipocytokine levels

    

Adiponectin (μg/ml)

3.04 ± 0.08a

2.21 ± 0.31b

3.21 ± 0.36a

2.34 ± 0.27b

Leptin (ng/ml)

1.78 ± 0.50a

4.45 ± 0.65b

2.17 ± 0.67a

4.61 ± 1.44b

TNF – α(pg/ml)

33.6 ± 20.4

51.7 ± 29.6

31.2 ± 26.1

33.9 ± 15.2

Insulin resistance

    

HOMA-IR

8.44 ± 0.82

10.27 ± 0.98

8.64 ± 0.69

9.01 ± 0.88

  1. VC, Control diet through out; VR, vitamin restriction through out; VSP, rehabilitation of restricted mothers from parturition and their pups from weaning; and VSW, vitamin restricted offspring weaned on to control diet. Values are mean ± SE (n = 6). Means without a common letter are significantly different by one way ANOVA (p < 0.05) followed by post hoc LSD test.