Table 2.

Body weight-adjusted physical characteristics of the intestine, stomach, and liver of lean and obese rats at the onset and in well-established obesity

	Obesity onset		Well-established obesity
	Lean	Obese	Lean	Obese
Small intestine length (cm)	104.2 ± 3.7	98.3 ± 4.2	287.0 ± 5.1*	169.0 ± 3.0
Small intestine weight (g)	4.1 ± 0.07*	4.9 ± 0.12	1.5 ± 0.02**	1.3 ± 0.02
Colon length (cm)	14.0 ± 0.45	13.3 ± 0.58	45.7 ± 2.0*	26.3 ± 0.5
Colon weight (g)	0.66 ± 0.05*	0.83 ± 0.02	0.31 ± 0.01*	0.20 ± 0.01
Stomach weight (g)	0.82 ± 0.03	0.75 ± 0.02	0.54 ± 0.03*	0.43 ± 0.02
Liver weight (g)	4.4 ± 0.09*	5.0 ± 0.09	2.4 ± 0.4	2.9 ± 0.1

Results represent the mean ± s.e.m. of weight and lengths adjusted using body weight as a denominator.

^*P < 0.01;

^**P < 0.05.