Roles of Fatty Acid Oversupply and Impaired Oxidation in Lipid Accumulation in Tissues of Obese Rats

Table 6

𝑅_𝑓ox (μmol/100 g/min) in individual hind leg muscles in lean and obese Zucker rats.

	Lean		Obese
	Con-Leg	Stim-Leg	Con-Leg	Stim-Leg
WG	0.30±0.06	1.58±0.34^†	0.39±0.23	2.88±0.20^†∗
EDL	0.22±0.07	2.57±0.31^†	−0.23±0.36	3.02±0.44^†
RG	0.20±0.06	1.43±0.44^†	0.43±0.37	0.83±0.40
WQ	0.27±0.03	0.32±0.04	0.47±0.11	0.50±0.12
RQ	0.55±0.08	0.52±0.11	1.51±0.31^∗	1.55±0.30^∗

Results represent mean ± SEM (𝑛=6 per group). ^†𝑃<0.05 versus Con-Leg (paired 𝑡-test, effect of sciatic nerve stimulation, within group), ^∗𝑃<0.05 versus Lean (unpaired 𝑡-test, effect of obesity status, between group).