Activities of asymmetric dimethylarginine-related enzymes in white adipose tissue are associated with circulating lipid biomarkers

Table 2 Characteristics of Wistar control and GK diabetic rats at 11 and 20 weeks of age

	11 weeks of age		20 weeks of age
	Wistar	GK	Wistar	GK
Body-weight (g)	250 ± 4	242 ± 5	329 ± 5	323 ± 6
Non-esterified fatty acids (mEq/l)	0.38 ± 0.02	0.26 ± 0.02*	0.43 ± 0.01	0.22 ± 0.03**
Triglycerides (mg/dl)	140 ± 10	76 ± 6**	159 ± 14	88 ± 7**

Values represent the mean ± SEM of five to ten rats in each group. *p ≪ 0.05, **p ≪ 0.01 vs. the age-matched Wistar control rats.

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