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Table 6.

Effect of high-fat diets differing in Zn concentration and fat source on energy (ME) intake, final live weight, plasma and femur Zn concentration, and plasma alkaline phosphatase activity in weanling rats fed high-fat diets (Experiment 2)

Zinc (μg/g diet)		7	100	7	100	100	ANOVA^e
Fat source		BT	BT	SF	SF	SF	p values
Feeding protocol^f		AL	RF	AL	RF	AL	Zn	Fat	Zn × Fat
ME intake^d (kJ/d)	M	218	208	189^a	185^a	256^b	NS	<0.01	NS
ME intake^d (kJ/d)	SD	33.8	3.2	20.3	4.7	8.0	NS	<0.01	NS
Final live weight (g)	M	207	202	179^a	186^a	237^b	NS	<0.001	NS
Final live weight (g)	SD	14.0	5.7	19.4	7.4	9.9	NS	<0.001	NS
ME intake/wt gain^d (kJ/g)	M	38.7	37.8	40.8^a	37.8^a	38.2^a	<0.05	NS	NS
ME intake/wt gain^d (kJ/g)	SD	1.7	0.6	2.4	2.1	1.7	<0.05	NS	NS
Plasma zinc (μg/mL)	M	0.91	1.33	0.80^a	1.38^b	1.20^b	<0.001	NS	NS
Plasma zinc (μg/mL)	SD	0.08	0.32	0.12	0.20	0.11	<0.001	NS	NS
Femur zinc (μg/g fresh wt)	M	52.6	138.8	51.4^a	131.3^b	126.5^b	<0.001	NS	NS
Femur zinc (μg/g fresh wt)	SD	6.6	6.4	5.8	10.4	11.0	<0.001	NS	NS
Plasma AP activity (mU/mL)	M	505	631	520^a	737^b	628^c	<0.001	NS	NS
Plasma AP activity (mU/mL)	SD	29	83	106	62	65	<0.001	NS	NS

NS not significant, SD standard deviation

^{a, b, c}Means (M) with different superscript letters among SF groups significantly differ (p < 0.05; Tukey test)

^dANOVA after ln transformation of the data

^eBifactorial ANOVA (without group fed SF diet with 100 μg Zn/g ad libitum)

^fFeeding protocol: AL ad libitum, RF restricted-fed