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. 2007 Jul 12;583(Pt 2):487–504. doi: 10.1113/jphysiol.2007.138867

Table 6.

Body weight and adiposity in chow-fed genetically selected DIO and DR rats

Parameter DR DIO
Body weight (g)
 Day 30, First measurement 64.2 ± 1.9 71.4 ± 1.5*
 Day 37 109.2 ± 2.9 119.6 ± 2.2*
 Day 47, Training onset 172.3 ± 3.2 194.7 ± 3.6***
 Day 77, Baseline onset 295.1 ± 5.7 348.9 ± 7.2***
 Day 79, Dose–response onset 301.8 ± 6.0 359.0 ± 7.7***
 Day 111, Antagonist-reversal onset 355.3 ± 11.3   445.0 ± 11.1***
 Day 121, Study completion 378.4 ± 7.4 456.4 ± 18.1**
Fat Pads
White fat pad (g)
  Inguinal 8.02 ± 0.54 7.31 ± 0.54
  Gonadal 6.77 ± 0.27   5.03 ± 0.27**
  Retroperitoneal 3.96 ± 0.25 2.96 ± 0.25*
  Mesenteric 5.15 ± 0.34 4.54 ± 0.34
  Subcutaneous 1.95 ± 0.23 1.54 ± 0.23
  Total 25.86 ± 1.35 21.37 ± 1.36
 Brown fat pad (g) 0.42 ± 0.06 0.58 ± 0.06
White fat pad (% body weight)
  Inguinal 1.70 ± 0.11 1.91 ± 0.15
  Gonadal 1.46 ± 0.05 1.35 ± 0.10
  Retroperitoneal 0.79 ± 0.05 0.83 ± 0.09
  Mesenteric 1.10 ± 0.05 1.19 ± 0.10
  Subcutaneous 0.44 ± 0.03 0.39 ± 0.05
  Total 5.49 ± 0.23 5.68 ± 0.45
 Brown fat pad (% body weight) 0.11 ± 0.01 0.13 ± 0.01
Whole Carcass Adiposity
 Fat (g) 37.64 ± 2.10 30.86 ± 2.10
 Fat (% body weight) 8.84 ± 0.44 9.21 ± 0.79

Body weight and adiposity in DIO and DR rats (n = 8–9/genotype through day 77, n = 9/genotype from day 111 to study completion). Absolute (g) fat pad and whole carcass fat (g) values reflect the estimated marginal means from ANCOVA in which body weight was a covariate. Percentage (%) fat pad and whole carcass percentage (%) fat values reflect the raw, uncorrected fat pad masses expressed as a percentage of body weight. Values are means ± s.e.m.

*

P < 0.05

**

P < 0.01

***

P < 0.001

P = 0.06 (Student's t test).