Metabolic Disorders and Diabetic Complications in Spontaneously Diabetic Torii Lepr^fa Rat: A New Obese Type 2 Diabetic Model

Table 1

Changes of fat tissue weights in SDT fatty rats and SDT rats. Visceral and subcutaneous fat tissue weights were determined by computed tomography analysis. Data represent mean ± standard deviation (𝑛=6).

	4 weeks of age	12 weeks of age	20 weeks of age
SDT fatty rat
Visceral fat (g)	6.3±1.2 **	54.4±4.0 **	74.1±3.9 **
Subcutaneous fat (g)	10.2±1.5 **	37.8±6.2 **	31.8±4.4 **
Total fat (g)	16.5±2.7 **	92.2±9.9 **	105.9±7.8 **
SDT rat
Visceral fat (g)	2.1±0.8	21.7±3.4	25.1±8.5
Subcutaneous fat (g)	0.9±0.6	8.6±1.3	10.2±5.9
Total fat (g)	3.0±0.5	30.3±4.6	35.3±14.4

^∗∗𝑃<0.01: significantly different from age matched SDT rats.