Baseline characteristics of lean (LF) and diet-induced obese (HF) mice (whole cohort and weight-matched) treated with intermittent hypoxia (IH) or control
| LF | HF (whole cohort) | HF (weight-matched) | ||||
| Control | IH | Control | IH | Control | IH | |
| Mice n | 10 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 7 |
| Body weight g day 0 (non-fasting) | 29.7±3.6 | 30.3±2.3 | 45.0±5.4¶ | 44.5±3.3¶ | 43.9±3.8¶ | 44.6±2.0¶ |
| Body weight g day 42 (fasting) | 25.2±2.9 | 25.6±1.7 | 42.0±5.1¶ | 35.1±3.3#,¶ | 38.2±3.6¶ | 37.6±1.8¶ |
| Epididymal fat g | 0.446±0.124 | 0.534±0.139 | 2.002±0.556¶ | 1.689±0.532¶ | 2.013±0.464¶ | 1.903±0.548¶ |
#: p<0.05 versus HF control; ¶: p<0.05 versus LF control and LF-IH.