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Table 2 Sixteen-week evolution of bodyweight and plasma biochemical parameters after high fat and normal diet feeding in Psammomys obesus gerbils

From: High fat diet altered cardiac metabolic gene profile in Psammomys obesus gerbils

 

Baseline

After 16 weeks

Normal diet (n = 10)

Hight fat diet (n = 10)

 

Normal diet (n = 10)

High fat diet (n = 10)

 

Bodyweight (in g)

91 ± 3

94 ± 2

NS

106 ± 5

113 ± 4

*

Glucose (in g/L)

0.62 ± 0.06

0.59 ± 0.03

NS

0.60 ± 0.07

0.79 ± 0.10

NS

Triglycerides (in g/L)

0.58 ± 0.05

0.64 ± 0.05

NS

0.52 ± 0.06

0.97 ± 0.16

*

Total cholesterol (in g/L)

0.61 ± 0.09

0.55 ± 0.03

NS

0.70 ± 0.08

4.29 ± 0.98

*

LDL-cholesterol (ing/L)

0.12 ± 0.03

0.12 ± 0.01

NS

0.15 ± 0.04

3.25 ± 0.83

**

HDL-cholesterol (in g/L)

0.35 ± 0.06

0.34 ± 0.02

NS

0.46 ± 0.05

1.06 ± 0.12

**

Castelli risk index-I

1.90 ± 0.45

1.64 ± 0.06

NS

1.87 ± 0.37

3.83 ± 0.76

*

Castelli risk index-II

0.69 ± 0.47

0.35 ± 0.04

NS

0.31 ± 0.05

2.72 ± 0.63

*

CPK (IU/L)

375 ± 42

361 ± 55

NS

345 ± 41

646 ± 106

*

  1. Values are presented as means ± SEM. ** 0.001 < P < 0.05, *0.01 < P < 0.05 high fat versus normal diet feeding at baseline and after 16-week feeding. LDL means low-density lipoprotein, HDL high-density lipoprotein; Castelli risk index-I calculated as the ratio between total cholesterol and HDL-cholesterol levels; Castelli risk index-II calculated as the ratio between LDL-cholesterol and HDL-cholesterol levels; CPK creatine phosphokinase, NS not significant