Table 2

Physiological parameters of cafeteria-fed rats

	Males		Females		Females T-Treated
	Control	Cafeteria	Control	Cafeteria	Control	Cafeteria
Blood pressure (mm Hg)	127 ± 1.2	156 ± 1.7^2-165	132 ± 1	131 ± 2	128 ± 3.7	169 ± 5.3^2-165 ^2-164
Body weight (g)	561 ± 13	628 ± 23^2-150	318 ± 6^¶¶ ^2-154	386 ± 37^2-150 ^2-170	308 ± 7^¶¶ ^2-154	400 ± 6^2-150 ^2-170
Fat mass/kg of body mass	58 ± 3.5	87 ± 7.8^2-160	70 ± 3	107 ± 12^2-160	47 ± 3	89 ± 7^2-160
Plasma leptin (ng/ml)	6.4 ± 0.5	12.9 ± 1.3^2-150	5.7 ± 0.8	16.4 ± 4^2-150	3.3 ± 0.4	14.2 ± 2.5^2-160

Data are means ± S.E.M. Fat mass is mesenteric, perirenal, epididymal/parametrial, and subcutaneous white adipose tissue.

↵2-150 P < 0.05;
↵2-160 P < 0.01;
↵2-165 P < 0.001 cafeteria versus control rats.
↵2-164 P < 0.01,
↵2-170 P < 0.001 versus cafeteria males.
↵2-154 P < 0.001 versus control males.