Research Article
Long-Term Dietary Nitrate Supplementation Does Not Prevent Development of the Metabolic Syndrome in Mice Fed a High-Fat Diet
Table 1
Energy expenditure as assessed by running wheel distance and revolutions over a 3-day period.
| | NC + NaCl | NC + NaNO3 | HFD + NaCl | HFD + NaNO3 |
| Distance (meters) | Day 1 | 185 ± 44 | 156 ± 24 | 104 ± 12 | 91 ± 39 | Day 2 | 198 ± 51 | 206 ± 41 | 157 ± 22 | 111 ± 50 | Day 3 | 221 ± 32 | 267 ± 65 | 238 ± 26 | 139 ± 60 | Average | 206 ± 38 | 213 ± 48 | 166 ± 20 | 114 ± 50 | Revolutions | Day 1 | 502 ± 126 | 412 ± 63 | 417 ± 59 | 296 ± 133 | Day 2 | 528 ± 136 | 547 ± 108 | 417 ± 59 | 296 ± 133 | Day 3 | 591 ± 87 | 684 ± 135 | 633 ± 69 | 369 ± 159 | Average | 541 ± 106 | 548 ± 99 | 442 ± 52 | 302 ± 131 |
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