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. 2013 Jan 10;10:5. doi: 10.1186/1743-7075-10-5

Table 4.

Weight and lipid content in the white and brown adipose tissues (BAT) of rats maintained with the control (CC and LC) or overfeeding diets (CO and LO)

Variables
Groups
 
CC
CO
LC
LO
  n Mean SEM n Mean SEM n Mean SEM n Mean SEM
Weight IBAT (g)
6
0.468
0.1
6
0.391#
0.1
6
0.652*
0.1
6
0.501*#
0.1
Lipid content IBAT (g/total tissue)
6
0.20
0.1
6
0.16#
0.1
6
0.34*
0.1
6
0.23*#
0.1
Lipid content IBAT (g/100g tissue)
6
48.7
3.2
6
50.1
3.4
6
61.3*
2.1
6
52.5*
4.4
Weight RWAT (g)
6
9.1
0.5
6
12.1#
0.8
6
10.1
0.4
6
12.5#
0.9
Weight RWAT (g/ 100g BW)
6
2.5
0.1
6
2.6#
0.3
6
2.7*
0.1
6
3.10*#
0.1
Lipid content RWAT (g/total tissue)
8
3.5
0.3
7
4.9#
0.4
7
3.7
0.4
8
4.1#
0.3
Lipid content RWAT (g/100g tissue)
8
39.6
2.1
7
38.0
1.5
7
38.6
2.5
8
33.6
1.3
Weight EWAT (g)
6
6.6
0.5
6
8.7#
0.7
6
8.3
0.7
6
9.7#
0.8
Weight EWAT (g/ 100g BW)
6
1.8b
0.1
6
2.2a
0.1
6
2.4a
0.1
6
2.2a
0.2
Lipid content EWAT (g/total tissue)
8
2.8
0.1
8
3.3#
0.2
7
2.7
0.3
8
3.2#
0.2
Lipid content EWAT (g/100g tissue) 8 35.7 0.8 8 36.4 0.6 6 34.3 1.2 7 34.3 0.7

BW, body weight; RWAT, retroperitoneal white adipose tissue; EWAT, epididymal white adipose tissue.

ab Mean values with unlike superscript letters were significantly different (P<0·05; two-way ANOVA followed by least significant difference (LSD) test).

* Mean values were significantly different from those of the control rats (P<0·05; two-way ANOVA).

# Mean values were significantly different from those of the non-overfeeding rats (P<0·05; two-way ANOVA).

n Numbers of rats.