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

Mean ± SEM (/group).