Table 1.

Body and organ weights for rats fed the HF and control diets for 17 wk

	Control	HF
Body weight (g)	367 ± 8	444 ± 6a
Heart weight (g)	1.22 ± 0.06	1.31 ± 0.02a
Kidney weight (g)	2.65 ± 0.06	2.81 ± 0.16
Adrenal weight (g)	0.064 ± 0.007	0.10 ± 0.009a
Abdominal fat weight (g)	1.83 ± 0.23	7.79 ± 0.48a
Epididymal fat weight (g)	3.70 ± 0.32	8.90 ± 0.50a
Heart weight (% of body weight)	0.33 ± 0.01	0.30 ± 0.003
Kidney weight (% of body weight)	0.72 ± 0.01	0.63 ± 0.04
Adrenal weight (% of body weight)	0.017 ± 0.001	0.023 ± 0.002a
Fat weight (% of body weight)	1.51 ± 0.13	3.74 ± 0.19a

Rats were fed the HF or control diet from 3 wk of age (n = 13 for the controls, n = 17 for the HF).

^aSignificantly different from control. P < 0.05.