TABLE 1

Characteristics of the hyperglycemic obese mice submitted to a very high fat diet AUC of the glycemia is in response to i.p. glucose tolerance test, in arbitrary units.




Control Diet (9)

Very High Fat Diet (20)
Body weight (g) 24.8 ± 0.3 27.8 ± 0.3***
INWAT weight (g) 0.39 ± 0.01 1.33 ± 0.08***
SCWAT weight (g) 0.34 ± 0.01 1.04 ± 0.06***
Blood glucose (mM) 7.1 ± 0.1 9.0 ± 0.2***
AUC during IPGTT
263 ± 28
765 ± 56***
  • SCWAT, subcutaneous white adipose tissues.

  • *** Different from control at p < 0.001