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

Table 2

Circulating levels of several markers of the adipoinsular axis function and TBARS.

	CD	CD-PIO	FRD	FRD-PIO
Glucose (mM)	7.16 ± 0.27	6.78 ± 0.25	8.27±0.23^∗	7.11±0.21^+
Insulin (ng/mL)	0.75 ± 0.03	0.71 ± 0.08	1.13±0.05^∗	0.89±0.13^+
Triglyceride (g/L)	1.11 ± 0.09	1.01 ± 0.06	1.74±0.12^∗	1.19±0.09^+
NEFA (mM)	0.59 ± 0.04	0.56 ± 0.03	0.77±0.05^∗	0.48±0.05^+
LEP (ng/mL)	4.77 ± 0.35	3.31 ± 0.25	6.67±0.57^∗	4.88±0.55^+
PAI-1 (ng/mL)	1.59 ± 0.22	2.12 ± 0.37	3.72±0.51^∗	2.01±0.42^+
TBARS (pmol/mg)	69.02 ± 5.09	79.15 ± 3.31	88.85±3.13^∗	64.88±9.89^+

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