Table 2. Effects of BOF on tissue weight and blood biochemical tests.

	Control	BOF	P-values
Epididymal adipose tissue (g)	1.248±0.049	1.081±0.046*	0.0285
Mesentery adipose tissue (g)	1.076±0.089	1.081±0.044	0.9644
Brown adipose tissue (g)	0.218±0.019	0.205±0.007	0.5133
Liver (g)	2.777±0.154	2.451±0.070	0.0900
Total-cholesterol (mg/dL)	118±8	119±3	0.9304
LDL-cholesterol (mg/dL)	8.9±0.5	4.3±0.3***	<0.0001
HDL-cholesterol (mg/dL)	56±5	65±3	0.1589
Free fatty acids (µEq/L)	196±31	251±39	0.3005
Glucose (mg/dL)	325±32	383±34	0.2467

Blood samples and tissues were corrected at the age of 17 weeks. Values are presented as the means ± SEM.

^* P<0.05,

^*** P<0.001 by Student’s t-test, vs control group (n = 7–8).