Table 2.

Body mass and TAT mass at study onset and end

	BM (g)		TAT (g)
	d 0	d 41	d 0	d 41
CH-Intact	226 ± 6	298 ± 9###	18 ± 1	33 ± 4##
CH-OVX	226 ± 6	357 ± 10*+	19 ± 1	51 ± 2*+
CH-OVX+E2	226 ± 7	281 ± 7	20 ± 1	34 ± 3
EN-Intact	226 ± 7	363 ± 7*	19 ± 1	84 ± 4*
EN-OVX	229 ± 7	399 ± 19+ϕ	18 ± 2	95 ± 10
EN-OVX+E2	233 ± 8	356 ± 14	20 ± 1	83 ± 7

Initial (d 0) and final (d 41) body mass (BM) and total adipose tissue (TAT) mass, determined with microCT, of chow- and Ensure-fed intact rats (CH-Intact and EN-Intact), ovariectomized rats (CH-OVX and EN-OVX), and estradiol-treated ovariectomized rats (CH-OVX+E2 and EN-OVX+E2), means ± SEM. Initial and final levels in CH-Intact rats were compared with t-tests to characterize normal maturational changes. Group differences on d 41 were analyzed by planned comparisons, with experiment-wide significance P < 0.05, as described in the text.

^#Different from d 0, P < 0.05, ^##P < 0.01, ^###P < 0.001;

*Different from CH-Intact;

⁺OVX different from OVX+E2, same diet group;

^ϕEN-OVX different from EN-Intact.