Table 1

Effect of 10-day treatment on various metabolic parameters


Vehicle
3 mg/kg
10 mg/kg
30 mg/kg
Rosiglitazone

Food Intake (g)
47.8 ± 2.2
48.6 ± 2.3
51.1 ± 1.9
42.9 ± 1.3
50.6 ± 1.2
Body Weight (g)
39.9 ± 0.7
42.9 ± 1.2
41.2 ± 1.0
43.5 ± 1.3
45.0 ± 1.0**
Body Weight as percent of initial (%)
96.4 ± 1.0
98.0 ± 0.7
98.1 ± 0.5
100.4 ± 0.1
107.3 ± 1.2**
Initial body weight (g)
41.4 ± 0.8
43.8 ± 1.2
41.9 ± 0.8
43.3 ± 1.3
41.9 ± 0.68
Fat Pad weight (g)
1.60 ± 0.07
1.72 ± 0.05
1.55 ± 0.04
1.50 ± 0.07
1.68 ± 0.07
Fat pad/body weight ×100
4.02 ± 0.18
4.03 ± 0.19
3.77 ± 0.14
3.54 ± 0.23
3.74 ± 0.16
Leptin (ng/ml)
57.2 ± 0.7
68.6 ± 4.5
59.4 ± 2.3
73.6 ± 3.1*
83.6 ± 2.9***
Insulin (ng/ml)
20.8 ± 5.2
23.6 ± 4.0
13.6 ± 4.6
17.7 ± 8.4
11.8 ± 2.5
Triglycerides (ng/ml)
1.90 ± 0.18
2.29 ± 0.13
2.6 ± 0.46
3.03 ± 0.30
2.3 ± 0.29
Liver triglycerides (mg/g liver)
14.7 ± 1.0
20.4 ± 3.0
15.2 ± 1.0
18.5 ± 1.4
20.9 ± 2.0
Total cholesterol (mM)
4.0 ± 0.2
3.9 ± 0.1
4.0 ± 0.1
4.1 ± 0.2
5.1 ± 0.3**
HDL cholesterol (mM)
3.1 ± 0.2
3.0 ± 0.1
3.1 ± 0.1
3.2 ± 1.3
4.1 ± 0.2**
Liver cholesterol (mg/g liver)
4.0 ± 0.2
3.8 ± 0.2
4.3 ± 0.2
3.6 ± 0.1
3.2 ± 0.1*

Data are mean ± SEM, n = 8 per group. *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01 and ***p < 0.001 significantly different from vehicle

Sundbom et al. BMC Pharmacology 2008 8:3   doi:10.1186/1471-2210-8-3