Table 3.

Liver and spleen weights, and hepatic lipids of high and low responders on the HCHF diet for 24 wk

	High Responders	Low Responders
Body weight, g	70–107	74–126
Liver weight, g	5.6–12.9	2.2–3.9
Spleen weight, g	0.6–1.7	0.3–0.5
Liver weight/body weight, %	10.1 ± 0.8	3.1 ± 0.3*
Spleen weight/body weight, %	1.1 ± 0.1	0.43 ± 0.06*
Total cholesterol, mg/g liver	14.1 ± 0.8	2.9 ± 0.5*
Free cholesterol, mg/g liver	4.9 ± 0.1	2.1 ± 0.3*
Esterified cholesterol, mg/g liver	9.2 ± 0.8	0.8 ± 0.2*
Triglycerides, mg/g liver	23 ± 3	10 ± 2*
Free fatty acids, μmol/g liver	1.9 ± 0.1	2.4 ± 0.1

Values are means ± SE; N = 5 opossums in each group.

^*P < 0.01 vs. high responders.