TABLE 2

Physiological parameters of cafeteria-fed rats

Data are means ± S.E.M.

Blood Pressure
Body Weight
Fat Massa.
Plasma Leptin
Plasma Insulin
mm Hg g ng/ml
Males Control 127 ± 1.2 561 ± 13 32.7 ± 2.6 6.4 ± 0.5 2.8 ± 0.3
Cafeteria 156 ± 1.7*** 628 ± 23* 54.7 ± 6.4* 12.9 ± 1.3*** 4.8 ± 0.5**
Females Control 132 ± 1 318 ± 6 22.2 ± 1.4 5.7 ± 0.8 1.6 ± 0.1
Cafeteria 131 ± 2 386 ± 37 42.8 ± 8.7* 16.4 ± 4* 5.4 ± 1**
Testosterone-females Control 128 ± 3.7 308 ± 7 16.6 ± 0.9 3.3 ± 0.4 1.6 ± 0.2
Cafeteria
169 ± 5.3***
400 ± 6**
35.8 ± 3.0*
14.2 ± 2.5**
5.3 ± 0.8**

  • ↵* p < 0.05 versus control

  • ↵** p < 0.01 versus control

  • ↵*** p < 0.001 versus control.

  • ↵ a Fat mass, mesenteric, perirenal, epididymal/parametrial, and subcutaneous white adipose tissue.