Table 2.

Body weight and absolute and relative tissue weight.

Parameters	CW	CG	HW	HG
Initial weight (g)	27.9 ± 0.9	27.7 ± 1.2	28.3 ± 1.5	25.9 ± 0.6
Final weight (g)	45.4 ± 3.2	33.5 ± 1.5*	40.8 ± 1.3	33.9 ± 1.4#
Delta weight (g)	17.5 ± 1.3	5.8 ± 1.1*	12.5 ± 0.9	8.0 ± 0.7#
Epididymal (g)	0.81 ± 0.07	0.62 ± 0.09	1.45 ± 0.43$	0.52 ± 0.08#
Epididymal (%)	1.78 ± 0.16	1.85 ± 0.17	2.89 ± 1.12	1.41 ± 0.19#
Retroperitoneal (g)	0.44 ± 0.07	0.19 ± 0.03*	0.54 ± 0.08	0.39 ± 0.08
Retroperitoneal (%)	1.05 ± 0.21	0.57 ± 0.11*	1.35 ± 0.20	1.14 ± 0.22
Mesenteric (g)	0.45 ± 0.07	0.33 ± 0.06	0.86 ± 0.28$	0.23 ± 0.04#
Mesenteric (%)	0.96 ± 0.12	1.05 ± 0.23	2.16 ± 0.72$	0.65 ± 0.11#
Liver (g)	1.77 ± 0.09	1.55 ± 0.05	1.79 ± 0.18	1.37 ± 0.06
Liver (%)	3.99 ± 0.33	4.73 ± 0.30	4.42 ± 0.49	4.05 ± 0.17
Gastrocnemius (g)	0.19 ± 0.01	0.17 ± 0.02	0.21 ± 0.01	0.18 ± 0.01
Gastrocnemius (%)	0.43 ± 0.04	0.53 ± 0.09	0.51 ± 0.03	0.54 ± 0.05

*P < 0.05 chow diet and green tea (CG) group versus chow diet and water (CW) group (n = 12). ^$ P < 0.05 high-fat diet and water (HW) group versus CW group (n = 12). ^# P < 0.05 high-fat diet and green tea (HW) group versus HW group (n = 12). g: grams; %: percentage.