Early impairment of coronary microvascular perfusion capacity in rats on a high fat diet

Table 2 Characteristics after 6 weeks of HFD versus control rats on standard chow

	Control (N = 9)	HFD (N = 9)
Body composition
Body weight (g)	392.2 ± 6.9	459.1 ± 10.4*
Heart weight (g)	1.08 ± 0.05	1.25 ± 0.06
Heart weight/body weight (x1000)	2.67 ± 0.11	2.67 ± 0.20
Perirenal fat (g)	3.40 ± 0.31	11.88 ± 1.41*
Epidydimal fat (g)	2.83 ± 0.14	9.20 ± 1.09*
Blood/plasma characteristics
Hematocrit (%)	51.5 ± 1.7	49.3 ± 0.8
Blood glucose (mmol/l)	6.25 ± 0.05	5.58 ± 0.80
Plasma insulin (ng/ml)	0.32 ± 0.05	0.55 ± 0.11
Total cholesterol (mmol/l)	1.69 ± 0.07	2.24 ± 0.08*
Triglycerides (mmol/l)	0.83 ± 0.13	0.81 ± 0.1

Data are expressed as mean ± SEM
* p < 0.05. HFD, high fat diet. Heart weight, perirenal fat and epidydimal fat was determined in 4 control rats and 4 HFD rats (n = 8)

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