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Table 2 Effects of adrenalectomy, diabetes and fasting on body weight, adipose weight, food intake and glucose.

From: Role of glucocorticoids in mediating effects of fasting and diabetes on hypothalamic gene expression

Group

n

Body weight (g)

Adipose weight (g)

Food intake (g/day)

Glucose (mg/dl)

Control

9

24.3 ± 0.5a

0.20 ± 0.01a

4.3 ± 0.1a

138.1 ± 6.5a

Sham/STZ

8

17.8 ± 0.8b

0.02 ± 0.01b

6.1 ± 0.6b

578.5 ± 17.1b

ADX/STZ

11

21.5 ± 0.9c

0.07 ± 0.02c

4.8 ± 0.1c

368.8 ± 20.4c

ADX/STZ/Fast

5

19.0 ± 0.3b

0.03 ± 0.01c

N/A

44.8 ± 13.3d

  1. Data are expressed as mean ± SEM. Groups with different letters are statistically different (p < 0.05), reflecting ANOVA followed by Tukey-Kramer post hoc tests comparing every group to every other group. Thus groups with the same letter do not differ from each other at a p < 0.05 level.
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BMC Physiology

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