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

Table 3

Abdominal adipose tissue (AAT) characteristics in male rats fed either a CD or FRD combined or not with PIO treatment.

	CD	CD-PIO	FRD	FRD-PIO
AAT mass (g)	1.87±0.21	1.95±0.28	2.48±0.17^∗	2.11±0.21
Cell number (×10^6) per g AAT	2.94±0.05	3.05±0.29	2.08±0.11^∗	2.59±0.21^+
AAT cell diameter; (𝜇m)	50.11±0.79	43.88±1.01^∗	57.37±0.69^∗	42.12±1.78^∗+
AAT cell volume; (𝜇m^3×10^3)	66.28±2.89	47.32±3.88^∗	92.51±3.22^∗	44.11±5.21^∗+

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