Nutrition & Metabolism

Table 5 Plasma concentrations of glucose, NEFA, insulin^ƚ and leptin in male and female offspring at 3 and 6 weeks of age

From: Exposure to maternal cafeteria diets during the suckling period has greater effects on fat deposition and Sterol Regulatory Element Binding Protein-1c (SREBP-1c) gene expression in rodent offspring compared to exposure before birth

	Male								Female
	C-C n = 9		CAF-C n = 5		C-CAF n = 4		CAF-CAF n = 6		C-C n = 9		CAF-C n = 6		C-CAF n = 6		CAF-CAF n = 7
	Mean	SEM	Mean	SEM	Mean	SEM	Mean	SEM	Mean	SEM	Mean	SEM	Mean	SEM	Mean	SEM
3 weeks
Glucose (mmol/l)	13.01	1.34	13.68	0.91	14.23	1.79	14.35	2.00	10.02^a	0.51	13.35^b	1.28	12.15^a	1.04	13.71^b	1.28
NEFA (mEq/l)	0.47	0.10	0.57	0.09	0.59	0.07	0.46	0.11	0.45	0.10	0.65	0.10	0.65	0.15	0.63	0.08
Leptin (ng/ml)	5.68^a	0.87	5.84^a	1.85	7.85^b	2.40	15.38^b	1.59	5.84^a	0.74	6.49^a	1.39	10.56^b	1.92	13.77^b	1.81
6 weeks
Glucose (mmol/l)	17.71	1.50	15.15	1.78	16.91	2.88	13.77	0.93	18.31	2.55	13.49	0.44	14.59	1.12	14.57	0.98
NEFA (mEq/l)	0.61	0.07	0.53	0.07	0.60	0.04	0.65	0.12	0.73	0.05	0.51	0.08	0.63	0.1	0.69	0.10
Insulin (ng/ml)	0.98	0.29	0.23	0.01	0.37	0.29	0.89	0.52	1.05	0.32	0.72	0.37	0.44	0.07	1.49	0.54
Leptin (ng/ml)	5.04	0.47	5.97	0.87	6.05	0.72	5.78	0.43	5.03^b	0.36	3.52^a	0.51	5.14^b	0.44	4.20^a	0.49

^ƚinsulin could not be assessed at 3 weeks of age. Values are expressed as means ± SEM. Differences between groups and sexes assessed by 3-way ANOVA. Different superscripts denote significant differences between groups (P < 0.05)

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