Reducing Caloric Intake Prevents Ischemic Injury and Myocardial Dysfunction and Affects Anesthetic Cardioprotection in Type 2 Diabetic Rats

Table 1

Characteristics after 4 and 8 weeks of diet intervention without sevoflurane exposure.

	4 weeks		8 weeks
	Control diet	Western diet	Control diet	Western diet	Reversion
Caloric intake [kcal/100 gBW]
Plasma glucose [mmol/L]
Plasma insulin [pmol/L]
Plasma free fatty acids [mmol/L]
Plasma triglycerides [mmol/L]
Plasma HDL cholesterol [mg/dL]
Plasma LDL/VLDL cholesterol [mg/dL]
Hematocrit [%]
Bodyweight [g]
Heart weight [g]	n.d.	n.d.
Liver weight [g]	n.d.	n.d.
Epididymal fat weight [g]	n.d.	n.d.
Perirenal fat weight [g]	n.d.	n.d.
Tibia length [mm]	n.d.	n.d.

Data are mean ± SD, weeks: Student’s -test, versus control diet; 8 weeks: one-way ANOVA with Bonferroni post hoc test, versus control diet, versus western diet, and n.d.: nondetermined.