From: The role of dietary fatty acids in predicting myocardial structure in fat-fed rats
 | CON | SAT | SAT+LA | SAT+ALA | p |
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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 |