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Table 11.5 Correlation between serum taurine and adiponectin or
leptin levels

Taurine Adiponectin Leptin

Taurine 1
Adiponectin 0.782** a 1
Leptin 0.022 −0.156 1
a Significant correlation was assessed by the Spearman correlation
(** p < 0.01)

Table 11.6 Correlation between serum taurine level and adipose tissue weight or lipid profiles

Relative
liver weight

Relative
E-fat weight

Relative
R-fat weight Taurine TG TC

Taurine 1
TG 0.318 1
TC −0.642* a −0.049 1
Relative liver weight −0.762* −0.370 0.415 1
Relative E-fat weight 0.267 0.627* −0.288 −0.467 1
Relative R-fat weight 0.267 0.818** −0.097 −0.450 0.830** 1
a Significant correlation was assessed by the Spearman correlation (* p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01)

level and serum TC level ( p < 0.05) and relative liver weight ( p < 0.05), while there
was no significant correlation between serum taurine level and serum TG level or
relative E-fat and R-fat.

11.4 Conclusion

These results suggest that dietary taurine supplementation has beneficial effects on
serum total cholesterol and adiponectin levels in high-fat diet-induced obesity rats.

Acknowledgement We thank the Dong-A Pharmaceutical Co. which donated taurine.

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