Effect of Pioglitazone on the Fructose-Induced Abdominal Adipose Tissue Dysfunction

Table 1

Initial and final (on third week after diet/treatment) rat body weight (BW) and 21-day average of energy intake.

	CD	CD-PIO	FRD	FRD-PIO
Initial BW (g)	192.44±2.41	195.33±6.37	189.78±3.42	190.95±3.18
Final BW (g)	301.83±11.82	277.72±9.31^∗	296.14±6.44	270.78±9.55^∗+
Energy intake; (cal/day/100 g BW)	25.91±0.98	24.53±2.56	28.82±2.12	29.11±2.83

Values are means ± SEM, 𝑛=7/8 rats per group.
^∗𝑃<0.05 versus CD values; ⁺𝑃<0.05 versus FRD values.