Table 2.

Body/liver/fat weight and lipid level at 22 wk after the CSAA and CDAA diet feeding

	CSAA		CDAA
	WT mice (n = 5)	CCR2−/− mice (n = 5)	WT mice (n = 10)	CCR2−/− mice (n = 10)
Body weight, g, start, wk = 0	22.0 ± 1.0	22.8 ± 0.9	22.5 ± 1.1	22.3 ± 1.1
Body weight, g, end, wk = 22	39.4 ± 1.1	32.4 ± 2.3*	39.6 ± 2.0	30.6 ± 2.7*†
Liver weight, g	2.07 ± 0.03	1.25 ± 0.10*	2.55 ± 0.23*	1.73 ± 0.32†‡
Liver weight, %	5.26 ± 0.13	3.88 ± 0.15*	6.41 ± 0.29*	5.65 ± 0.70†‡
Epididymal fat, g	2.33 ± 0.15	1.08 ± 0.40*	2.35 ± 0.30	1.11 ± 0.39*†
Epididymal fat, %	5.91 ± 0.36	3.30 ± 1.08*	5.94 ± 0.73	3.57 ± 1.01*†
Plasma
Triglyceride, mg/dl	32.6 ± 7.8	30.0 ± 6.4	47.6 ± 9.1*	37.8 ± 9.5
Total cholesterol, mg/dl	154.0 ± 16.7	135.8 ± 16.6	86.6 ± 21.6*	73.4 ± 7.9*‡
Free fatty acid, mM	0.47 ± 0.12	0.32 ± 0.71	0.49 ± 0.15	0.34 ± 0.93†
HOMA-IR	2.74 ± 0.50	1.28 ± 0.27*	2.86 ± 0.58	1.25 ± 0.17*†

Values are means ± SD.

^*Significantly different from wild-type (WT)-choline-supplemented amino acid-defined (CSAA), P < 0.05.

^†Significantly different from WT-choline-deficient amino acid-defined (CDAA), P < 0.05.

^‡Significantly different from CCR2^−/−-CSAA, P < 0.05. HOMA-IR, homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance.