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Table 1 Effect of leptin infusion on growth parameters in C57BL/6N mice

From: Effect of leptin infusion on insulin sensitivity and lipid metabolism in diet-induced lipodystrophy model mice

  

Lipodystrophy model

 

Normal

Control

Leptin

Final body weight (g)

21.7 ± 0.5

22.1 ± 0.3

21.3 ± 0.2

Food intake (g)

61.2 ± 1.3

58.4 ± 2.1

59.6 ± 1.2

Liver (g/100 g body weight)

4.11 ± 0.05 a

6.47 ± 0.77 b

5.65 ± 0.29 b

Whit adipose tissue (g/100 g body weight)

   Epididymal

1.87 ± 0.22 a

0.290 ± 0.029 b

0.228 ± 0.030 b

   Perirenal

0.836 ± 0.104 a

0.199 ± 0.018 b

0.178 ± 0.018 b

   Omental

1.13 ± 0.09 a

0.652 ± 0.022 b

0.740 ± 0.029 b

   Subcutaneous

1.95 ± 0.16 a

0.329 ± 0.014 b

0.344 ± 0.017 b

  1. a, b Different superscript letters show significant difference at P < 0.05.