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Table 2 Concentrations of insulin and leptin

From: Maternal overnutrition by hypercaloric diets programs hypothalamic mitochondrial fusion and metabolic dysfunction in rat male offspring

Insulin

Experiment

Group

Concentration ng/μL

SD

P value

Maternal programming

Control

0.0782

0.0033

N/A

HFD-C

0.163

0.055

0.0009***

CAF-C

1.234

0.4971

0.6189

HSD-C

0.074

0.0142

0.9617

Maternal programming plus diet offspring

Control

0.0782

0.0033

N/A

HFD-HFD

0.2478

0.0808

0.0001****

CAF-CAF

0.2644

0.0542

0.0001****

HSD-HSD

0.08941

0.0071

0.951

Leptin

Experiment

Group

Concentration ng/μL

SD

P value

Maternal programming

Control

0.0671

0.0191

N/A

HFD-C

0.063

0.0099

0.7709

CAF-C

17.026

3.983

0.0001****

HSD-C

0.0526

0.0031

0.0355*

Maternal programming plus diet offspring

Control

0.0671

0.0191

N/A

HFD-HFD

0.1036

0.0189

0.0007***

CAF-CAF

0.09779

0.0202

0.0002***

HSD-HSD

0.05895

0.00496

0.5173