Chronic Glucocorticoid-Rich Milieu and Liver Dysfunction

Table 2

Body weight (BW), daily food intake, wet tissue (visceral adipose tissue, VAT, and liver), and mass and peripheral levels of several biomarkers in control (C) and MSG rats.

	C	MSG
Body weight (g)	404.6 ± 9.1	349.3 ± 7.6
Food intake (g/day)	20.81 ± 1.95	15.61 ± 0.87
VAT mass (g)	4.47 ± 0.88	14.18 ± 1.77
Liver weight (g/100 g BW)	3.19 ± 0.07	2.93 ± 0.06
Glycemia (g/L)	1.06 ± 0.02	1.17 ± 0.03
Insulin (ng/mL)	0.81 ± 0.05	1.37 ± 0.19
Leptin (ng/mL)	1.39 ± 0.37	16.49 ± 2.38
Triglycerides (g/L)	1.06 ± 0.07	1.85 ± 0.18
Uric acid (mg/dL)	1.19 ± 0.09	1.82 ± 0.22
Corticosterone (μg/dL)	6.19 ± 0.98	13.75 ± 1.12
GOT (U/L)	75.5 ± 3.2	96.9 ± 5.8
GPT (U/L)	9.51 ± 0.69	15.49 ± 1.19

Values are means ± SEM. versus C values ( = 12 rats per group).