Skip to main content
. 2012 May;15(5):435–440. doi: 10.1089/jmf.2011.1922

Table 3.

Weight of Organs and Visible Fat in Sprague–Dawley Rats After 10 Weeks of Feeding Experimental Diets

 
Weight (g)
Group Liver Kidney Spleen Heart Mesenteric Retroperitoneal Spleen Epididymal Inguinal Total fat pad
NC 13.21±1.12c 3.11±0.04NS 0.86±0.15c 1.56±0.06b 6.3±1.3b 6.1±0.9b 1.8±1.4b 6.3±1.1b 6.2±2.3a 25.9±1.9bc
HCD 28.14±3.96a 3.56±0.32 1.40±0.26b 1.64±0.16a 7.5±0.6a 16.7±2.5a 4.0±1.4a 8.8±0.8a 5.9±1.2a 39.9±1.8a
HCR 25.08±2.36a 3.31±0.15 1.20±0.20a 1.47±0.16ab 4.7±1.7c 6.3±2.1b 2.0±1.3b 7.6±2.4b 6.1±1.3bcd 25.4±4.4bc
HCP 25.96±1.59b 3.44±3.76ab 1.36±0.28ab 1.52±0.11ab 4.56±1.24c 6.96±1.96b 2.36±1.11b 7.48±1.43b 6.93±1.13b 27.59±3.67b

Data are mean±SD values (n=10) for each of the experimental groups.

abcd

Values with different letters within a column are significantly different by Duncan's multiple range test (P<.05).

NS

Not significant at P>.05.