Fig. 2

Long-form of the leptin receptor (OB-Rb), peroxisome proliferator activated receptor alpha (PPARα) and carnitine palmitoyltransferase 1a (CPT1) mRNA levels in retroperitoneal (rp), mesenteric (mes) and inguinal (ing) white adipose tissue (WAT) of 6-month-old rats that were fed after weaning with a normal-fat (NF) or a high-fat (HF) diet. Results are mean ± SEM of six to eight animals per group. Diet, gender effect of diet or gender by two-way ANOVA (P < 0.05). Gender × diet interaction between gender and diet by two-way ANOVA (P < 0.05). Asterisks indicate different from their respective NF-diet-fed control (P < 0.05, Student’s t test)