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Table 3 Body fat, hormones, clinical chemistry, and lipid profile in cats

From: Nutrigenomics of hepatic steatosis in a feline model: effect of monosodium glutamate, fructose, and Trans-fat feeding

 

Control

Diet A

Diet B

Diet C

P value

Food intake (g)

79.56 ± 4.66

77.50 ± 6.44

62.72 ± 3.11

67.72 ± 5.77

0.14

Body weight (kg)

4.06 ± 0.13

4.38 ± 0.15

3.24 ± 0.17

3.75 ± 0.57

0.09

Total body fat (%)

20.85 ± 1.26ab

27.06 ± 3.09b

16.20 ± 0.97a

16.70 ± 2.05a

0.01

Fasting glucose mM

4.00 ± 0.14

5.33 ± 0.56

5.18 ± 0.23

5.12 ± 0.44

0.21

Fasting insulin μU/ml

8.00 ± 2.11a

19.88 ± 2.81b

14.54 ± 5.74ab

4.96 ± 1.33a

0.02

HOMA-IR

1.41 ± 0.37a

4.39 ± 0.24b

3.20 ± 1.12ab

1.15 ± 0.31a

<.01

ALP (U/L)

93.40 ± 6.45ab

70.40 ± 7.36a

120.75 ± 15.61b

55.50 ± 7.14a

0.001

ALT (U/L)

79.60 ± 12.13ab

55.60 ± 2.2a

102.00 ± 13.51b

50.25 ± 6.47a

0.01

Creatinine (μmol/l)

90.40 ± 7.83a

108.60 ± 6.05ac

138.50 ± 5.85b

128.00 ± 5.81bc

<.001

Cortisol (ng/ml)

32.82 ± 1.83a

35.29 ± 1.69a

45.86 ± 1.51b

49.82 ± 1.72b

<.0001

B-HBA (μmol/l)

22.60 ± 8.24a

31.80 ± 7.53ab

48.25 ± 12.45ab

62.00 ± 7.6b

0.04

Leptin (ng/ml)

4.50 ± 0.53ab

5.29 ± 1.34b

1.09 ± 0.42c

0.58 ± 0.09c

0.001

Serum T-CHOL (μg/ml)

162.80 ± 9.44

154.60 ± 11.48

147.25 ± 7.86

162.25 ± 9.39

0.68

Serum HDL (μg/ml)

82.94 ± 7.21

93.70 ± 4.57

76.10 ± 7.92

88.65 ± 6.44

0.31

Serum LDL (μg/ml)

51.05 ± 6.82

44.42 ± 11.99

51.08 ± 3.51

51.54 ± 5.61

0.91

Serum TG (mmol/l)

0.94 ± 0.17

1.26 ± 0.29

0.65 ± 0.16

0.54 ± 0.04

0.09

  1. Results are mean ± SEM
  2. Statistical significance for difference in means at P value < 0.05 is denoted by different letters abc for the comparisons of control and diet C with diet A and diet B