Table 5.
Physical and biochemical parameters in mice fed fish oil (FO) or soyabean oil (SO) salmon†‡
(Mean values with their standard errors)
| Parameters | FO
|
SO
|
||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | SEM | Mean | SEM | |
| Total food intake (g/112d) | 330 | 10 | 347 | 13 |
| Initial body weight (g) | 25·7 | 0·8 | 25·8 | 0·5 |
| Final body weight (g) | 43·1 | 1·6 | 47·1 | 1·3 |
| Liver weight (g) | 1·7* | 0·2 | 2·3 | 0·2 |
| iWAT (g) | 0·7 | 0·1 | 0·9 | 0·1 |
| eWAT (g) | 1·9 | 1·9 | 1·8 | 0·1 |
| rWAT (g) | 0·8 | 0·1 | 0·9 | 0·1 |
| Adiposity index§ (%) | 9·7 | 0·6 | 10·0 | 0·6 |
| Insulin | 17·0 | 2·0 | 19·0 | 2·1 |
| Adiponectin | 2·9 | 0·3 | 3·1 | 0·2 |
| Insulin | 8·8 | 0·7 | 9·0 | 0·2 |
iWAT, Inguinal white adipose tissue; eWAT, epididymal white adipose tissue; rWAT, retroperitoneal white adipose tissue.
*
Mean value was significantly different from that of SO salmon-fed mice (P<0·04).
†
n 9 for food and energy intake, feed efficiency and body weight n 6–7 for hormone levels.
‡
Feed efficiency: (body weight gain (g)/energy (MJ) intake).
§
Adiposity index: ((epididymal fat + inguinal fat + retroperitoneal fat)/eviscerated body weight) × l00.