Research Article

Ventricular Dysfunction in Obese and Nonobese Rats with Metabolic Syndrome

Table 1

Metabolic Characterization of animal model.

Control ()NOMeS ()OMeS ()

Morphometric parameters
 Length (cm)
 Waist (cm)
 Weight (g)
 Epididymal fat (g)
 Peripancreatic fat (g)
 BMI (kg·m-3)
Clinical biochemistry values
 Glucose (mg·dl-1)
 Urea
 Triglycerides (mg·dl-1)
 Insulin (pM·l-1)
 HDL-c (mg·dl-1)
 LDL-c (mg·dl-1)
 HOMA-IR0.810.9

;, vs control, vs NOMetS.