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Table 1 Animal characteristics from body composition, serum basal levels of adiponectin, insulin, glucose and corticosterone of Control (C), Stressed (CS), Fish Oil (F) and Fish oil Stressed (FS) groups

From: Fish oil consumption prevents glucose intolerance and hypercorticosteronemy in footshock-stressed rats

 

C

CS

F

FS

p

Initial body weight (g)

94.6 ± 3.4

94.6 ± 5.1

91.9 ± 3.9

92.2 ± 3.2

ns

Final body weight (g)

369.2 ± 9.3

373.3 ± 10.9

376.9 ± 9.5

361.6 ± 10.2

ns

Carcass content

     

Protein (g/100 g)

16.3 ± 1.6

16.9 ± 0.9

17.1 ± 1.8

18.9 ± 1.5

ns

Fat (g/100 g)

8.6 ± 1.0

8.8 ± 1.2

7.7 ± 1.2

8.0 ± 1.1

ns

Relative weight

     

RET (g/100 g)

2.00 ± 0.17

1.54 ± 0.15

1.48 ± 0.09

1.24 ± 0.17*

0.05

EPI (g/100 g)

2.12 ± 0.20

1.97 ± 0.18

1.71 ± 0.26

1.43 ± 0.11

ns

LIV (g/100 g)

2.88 ± 0.05

2.83 ± 0.13

2.91 ± 0.08

2.65 ± 0.03

ns

Adiponectin (mg/mL)

7.34 ± 0.56

8.04 ± 0.71

7.57 ± 0.54

7.49 ± 0.58

ns

Insulin (ng/mL)

1.01 ± 0.37

0.96 ± 0.29

0.75 ± 0.16

0.67 ± 0.21

ns

Glucose (mg/dL)

95.1 ± 3.4

133.4 ± 10.1§

93.5 ± 3.0

125.19 ± 6.0§

0.0001

Corticosterone (ng/mL)

182.0 ± 23.5

376.1 ± 40.1*

122.2 ± 9.1

108.8 ± 42.7

0.04

  1. Data are means ± SEM. N = 6 rats/group. * Different from Control (C) group p < 0.05. § Different from Control (C) and Fish Oil (F) groups p < 0.05.
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