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Table 2 Serum glucose (mg/dL), insulin (μg/mL), leptin (ng/mL), corticosterone (μg/dL), triglyceride (mg/dL), total cholesterol (mg/dL) and HDL-cholesterol (mg/dL) concentrations of high fat diet induced obese rats, sham operated (S) or lipectomyzed (L), sacrificed at 7 or 30 days after surgery

From: White adipose tissue re-growth after partial lipectomy in high fat diet induced obese Wistar rats

 

S7

L7

S30

L30

Glucose

116.4 ± 5.0 ab

113.1 ± 4.5 a

126.2 ± 3.2 b

116.8 ± 3.1 ab

Insulin

18.6 ± 1.6 a

22.9 ± 1.6 a

23.4 ± 1.97 a

23.9 ± 3.12 a

Leptin

2.83 ± 0.3 a

3.02 ± 0.40 a

3.26 ± 0.36 a

3.13 ± 0.25 a

Corticosterone

9.65 ± 1.59 a

9.72 ± 1.09 a

16.46 ± 2.94 a

25.09 ± 3.71 b

Triglycerides

100.7 ± 12.6 a

110.2 ± 6.4 a

111.8 ± 8.7 a

147.4 ± 7.4 b

Total cholesterol

116.6 ± 7.1 ab

120.8 ± 3.7 a

100.4 ± 6.2 b

104.4 ± 5.7 ab

HDL-cholesterol

50.9 ± 2.6 a

48.9 ± 2.7 a

50.7 ± 1.9 a

44.0 ± 2.3 a

  1. All results are presented as means ± standard error of the mean. The number of animals ranged from 10 to 14. Values with different letters are significantly different from one another at p < 0.05