Experimental Hyperthyroidism Decreases Gene Expression and Serum Levels of Adipokines in Obesity

Table 1

Composition of body fat: retroperitoneal, epididymal, visceral, and total fat deposits, and adiposity index.

Variable		Groups
	C	OB	OT
Epid. fat (g)	8.65 ± 1.8^a	13.3 ± 2.6^b	7.0 ± 1.5^a
Retro fat (g)	9.68 ± 3.2^a	22.1 ± 6.0^b	9.1 ± 3.9^a
Visc. fat (g)	6.37 ± 1.5^a	12.9 ± 4.0^b	5.9 ± 1.8^a
Total fat (g)	24.7 ± 5.6^a	47.7 ± 10.8^b	22.0 ± 6.8^a
Adipos. I.	5.06 ± 1.1^a	7.6 ± 1.0^b	4.2 ± 1.4^a

Epid. Fat: epididymal fat; Retro. Fat: retroperitoneal fat; Visc. Fat: visceral fat; total Fat: total body fat; Adipos. I: adiposity index; C: control; OB: obese; OT: obese with 25 𝜇g T₃/100 g BW. Data expressed as mean ± standard deviation. ANOVA was utilized, complemented by Bonferroni’s test. Use of same letters represent 𝑃>0.05; different letters represent 𝑃<0.05.