Muscle IGF-1-Induced Skeletal Muscle Hypertrophy Evokes Higher Insulin Sensitivity and Carbohydrate Use as Preferential Energy Substrate

Table 1

Biometric and metabolic parameters of wild type and MLC/mIGF-1 mice.

	Wild type			MLC/mIGF-1			-test
	Mean	SEM		Mean	SEM
Body weight (g)	31.8	0.6	9	37.4	0.3	6
Animal length	10.2	0.05	9	10.4	0.06	6	n.s.
Daily food intake/body weight	0.21	0.007	6	0.18	0.005	6
Cholesterol (mg/dL)	163	1.4	6	166	0.4	6	n.s.
Triglycerides (mg/dL)	118	3.2	6	115	5.3	5	n.s.
Glucose (mg/dL)	138	9.7	6	150	8.3	6	n.s.
Epididymal WAT (g)	0.4	0.06	9	0.5	0.05	6	n.s.
Epididymal WAT/body weight	1.2	0.2	9	1.3	0.1	6	n.s.
% body fat	4.7	0.6	5	4.0	0.6	3	n.s.
O2 consumption (mL/min/kg)	77.7	6.3	7	67.2	4.5	7	n.s.
Respiratory quotient (RQ)	0.74	0.02	7	0.90	0.03	7