| |
Body weight (g) |
|
| Groups |
Before starvation |
After starvation |
change in body weight (g) |
| Obese |
|
|
|
| Starvation-leptin |
436.4 ± 8.7a |
414.0 ± 15.4b |
-22.4 ± 4.63* |
| Starvation-PBS |
433.3 ± 8.0a |
410.4 ± 12.1b |
-22.9 ± 3.54* |
| Free feeding |
441.8 ± 16.8a |
442.5 ± 19.5a |
0.7 ± 0.0 |
| Lean |
|
|
|
| Starvation-leptin |
233.8 ± 7.4a |
216.8 ± 4.8b |
-17.0 ± 3.45* |
| Starvation-PBS |
233.8 ± 5.2a |
217.3 ± 4.8b |
-16.5 ± 1.58* |
| Free feeding |
224.0 ± 6.6a |
224.5 ± 6.9a |
0.5 ± 0.0 |
Values are mean ± S.E; n=8. a, b indicate changes in the body weight before and
after starvation (by students T-test). Means that do not share common letter is
significantly different at 0.05 level respectively. * indicates comparison between
starved PBS or leptin treated vs. free fed in obese or lean groups. *P=.05 by oneway
ANOVA |
