Table 1. Effect of inulin and β-glucan supplementation on adiposity parameters and tissue weights in high fat fed mice (n = 6).

	HFD-C	HFD-I	HFD-BG
Epididymal adipose tissue (g)	1.14±0.16	0.59±0.10*	0.77±0.10
Whole body adiposity (%)	18.03±2.72	8.95±1.66*	12.17±1.92
Liver lipid content (%)	6.30±1.62	6.02±1.97	6.02±1.36
Muscle lipid content (%)	0.96±0.149	0.72±0.05	1.29±0.57
Internal fat (g)	2.17±0.46	1.23±0.17	1.49±0.27
Subcutaneous fat (g)	3.40±0.53	2.08±0.13	2.44±0.28
Adipocyte size ( µm)	122.25±10.2	72.95±8.72** , #	111.19±4.03
Adipocyte number (×107)	1.43E+08	1.31E+08	1.86E+08
Liver size (g)	1.43±0.13	1.23±0.15	1.40±0.06
Caecum (with contents, g)	0.21±0.01	0.69±0.05*** , ##	0.49±0.03***
Caecum (without contents, g)	0.06±0.01	0.21±0.01*** , ##	0.14±0.01***
Colon (g)	0.13±0.01	0.19±0.02	0.14±0.02

Superscipt (*) shows the significant difference between HFD-I or HFD-BG vs. HFD-C.

^* = P<0.05,

^** = P<0.01,

^*** = P<0.001.

Superscipt (#) shows the significant difference between HFD-I vs. HFD-BG.

^# = P<0.05,

^## = P<0.01.