Serum Fetuin-A Levels Related with Microalbuminuria in Diet-Induced Obese Rats

Table 3

Parameters of rats by ACR tertiles.

	Lower tertile 14.7 ± 2.9 (mg/g)	Middle tertile 25.3 ± 5.2 (mg/g)	Upper tertile 54.7 ± 22.9 (mg/g)	P
Fetuin-A (μg/L)	82.4 ± 22.1	91.9 ± 23.6	130.8 ± 22.6	0.001
ALT (IU/L)	49.1 ± 13.1	52.9 ± 17.5	81.3 ± 40.0	<0.05
AST (IU/L)	126.9 ± 30.4	118.4 ± 36.2	208.4 ± 51.2	<0.001
FFA (mmol/L)	0.47 ± 0.25	0.75 ± 0.36	1.38 ± 0.37	<0.001
LTG (μmol/g)	117.3 ± 55.7	184.1 ± 85.1	240.9 ± 128.5	0.075
Adiponectin (μg/L)	238.7 ± 71.4	256.6 ± 107.6	99.4 ± 50.8	0.001
NF-κB	0.303 ± 0.046	0.314 ± 0.026	0.385 ± 0.031	<0.05

Data are shown as mean ± SD. Data was analyzed by ANOVA. ALT: Alanine aminotransferase, AST: Aspartate aminotransferase, FFA: free fatty acid, LTG: liver triglyceride.