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Table 3 Data summary including body morphometry, tissue masses, hemodynamics and serum metabolic indices

From: The role of dietary fatty acids in predicting myocardial structure in fat-fed rats

 

CON

SAT

SAT+LA

SAT+ALA

p

Body morphometry and tissue mass

Body wt (gm)

550/11.6

571/12.1

616/12.4*

625/26.7**#

0.024

% body fat (DEXA)

20.1/2.58

26.8/2.20

25.5/2.80

26.4/1.78

0.199

Visceral adipose wt (gm)

4.37/.701

6.03/.769

7.23/1.35

7.21/.811

0.145

Visceral adipose:body wt

.008/.001

.011/.001

.012/.002

.011/.001

0.248

Heart wt:body wt

.003/.0002

.003/8.869

e-005

.003/6.234

e-005

.003/4.871

e-005

0.365

Heart wt:brain wt

.804/.037

.798/.022

.833/.018

.845/.033

0.593

LV wt:body wt

.0017/.0001

.0015/6.684

e-005

.0014/3.233

e-005

.0014/8.451

e-005

0.102

Heart rate and blood pressure

HR (bpm)

358/7.66

357/11.0

390/10.4

350/6.91

0.090

SPB (mm Hg)

141/9.08

163/9.81

157/11.3

146/3.87

0.272

Serum measurements and HOMA

Leptin (ng/mL)

4.55/1.34

6.71/1.20

7.42/1.96

7.28/0.811

0.438

Insulin (pmol/L)

93.3/11.1

61.5/9.83

82.6/9.09

79.0/9.32

0.259

Glucose (mg/dl)

167/13.0

176/12.1

183/15.2

177/8.74

0.740

FFA (uEq/L)

509/56.3

441/45.9

434/32.2

386/13.7

0.188

TG (mmol)

.620/.091

.612/.066

.560/.087

.573/.049

0.893

HOMA

5.61/1.29

4.43/.657

5.08/.503

4.74/.512

0.875

  1. Data listed as mean/SE. CON, Control; SAT, 50% saturated fat; SAT+LA, 40% saturated fat + 10% n-6 PUFA; SAT + ALA, 40% saturated fat + 10% n-3 PUFA. *p < 0.05 compared to control; **p < 0.01 compared to control; #p < 0.05 compared to SAT.