Roles of Fatty Acid Oversupply and Impaired Oxidation in Lipid Accumulation in Tissues of Obese Rats

Table 1

Body weights and plasma factors in lean and obese Zucker rats, Series 1.

	Lean	Obese
Body weight (g)	337±21	512±35^∗∗∗
Lean body mass (g)	291±16	314±18
Fat body mass (g)	47±5	197±18^∗∗∗
Plasma glucose (mM)	8.3±0.4	12.4±1.7^∗
Plasma insulin (nM)	0.4±0.1	3.7±0.9^∗∗∗
Plasma TG (mM)	1.2±0.3	4.0±0.6^∗∗∗

Data are mean ± SE (𝑛=6 per group).
^∗𝑃<0.05, ^∗∗∗𝑃<0.001 versus Lean.