Impaired Sympathoadrenal Axis Function Contributes to Enhanced Insulin Secretion in Prediabetic Obese Rats

Table 1

Effects of neonatal MSG treatment on adults rats.

	Control	MSG
Body weight (g)	278.60 ± 4.41	208.60 ± 3.31*
Lee index	281.20 ± 1.07	300.70 ± 1.62*
Epididymal fat pad (g/100 g bw)	1.58 ± 0.05	2.53 ± 0.06*
Retroperitoneal fat pad (g/100 g bw)	1.34 ± 0.04	2.10 ± 0.04*
Glycaemia (mg/dL)	101.80 ± 2.26	108.60 ± 6.99
Insulinaemia (ng/mL)	5.30 ± 0.72	15.06 ± 1.80*
Adrenal glands (mg)	23.9 ± 0.39	12.06 ± 0.36*
Adrenal glands (mg/100 g bw)	8.57 ± 0.12	5.79 ± 0.14*

Data represent mean ± SEM. To all parameters, 20 rats were used for both groups. student’s t-test was used. *𝑃<0.05 compared to control.