Age-Related Differences in Response to High-Fat Feeding on Adipose Tissue and Metabolic Profile in ZDSD Rats

Table 4

Systemic metabolic profile in ZDSD rats fed HFD beginning at 63, 84, or 112 d after parturition.

	LFD	HFD 63 d	HFD 84 d	HFD 112 d
Glucose (mmol/L)	10.33 ± 3.52^a	8.94 ± 3.52^a	24.27 ± 3.52^b	26.02 ± 3.52^b
TAG (mmol/L)	4.88 ± 7.50^a	8.19 ± 7.50^a	33.56 ± 7.50^b	22.85 ± 7.50^b
Cholesterol (mmol/L)	4.41 ± 0.10^a	3.32 ± 0.10^b	3.84 ± 0.10^c	4.02 ± 0.10^c
NEFA (mEq/L)	0.52 ± 0.06^a	0.27 ± 0.06^b	0.54 ± 0.06^c	0.61 ± 0.06^c
CRP (nmol/L)	16.22 ± 1.41^a	4.39 ± 1.41^b	12.85 ± 1.41^a	3.60 ± 1.41^b
SAP (μmol/L)	2.79 ± 0.13^a	1.58 ± 0.13^c	2.00 ± 0.13^ab	1.71 ± 0.13^bc
IL-8 (pmol/L)	84.2 ± 17.5^a	28.2 ± 17.5^b	62.7 ± 17.5^ab	74.9 ± 17.5^a

∗Letters represent significant differences among means as determined by post hoc comparison.