. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Nov 13.

Published in final edited form as: Br J Nutr. 2011 Jul 18;107(4):601–613. doi: 10.1017/S0007114511003163

Table 3.

Physical characteristics and daily energy intake (Mean values with their standard errors, n 8)

	LC		LF		LHF		OC		OF		OHF
	Mean	SEM	Mean	SEM	Mean	SEM	Mean	SEM	Mean	SEM	Mean	SEM
Body weight (g)	345·6	14·2	340·6	23·8	334·4	10·4	566·1	28·9	563·5	26·0	561·5	28·8
Energy intake (kJ/d)	233·9	2·9	220·2	3·0	209·4^*	3·8	385·7	8·7	362·4^*	7·9	354·8^*	8·9
Stomach weight (g)	1·88	0·36	2·09	0·57	1·85	0·30	2·43^‡	0·39	2·19	0·22	2·26^‡	0·21
SI length (cm)	104·7	3·6	104·3	3·5	108·9	3·4	123·1^‡	6·1	120·9^‡	5·1	129·7^*^†^‡	1·6
SI weight (g)	4·81	0·54	4·62	0·42	4·85	0·71	6·74^‡	1·03	7·04^‡	0·60	8·02^*^†^‡	0·35
Caecal weight (g)^§	2·71	1·07	6·87^*	1·39	9·35^*^†	1·36	2·08	0·58	5·04^*^‡	1·14	8·44^*^†	2·35
Colon length (cm)	12·4	2·1	16·3^*	2·7	16·3^*	2·6	16·9^‡	3·0	17·8	2·6	20·9^*^‡	2·3
Colon weight (g)	0·95	0·13	1·16	0·17	1·78^*^†	0·72	1·27	0·14	1·42	0·21	2·06^*^†	0·51
TG weight (g)^\|\|	10·4	1·0	14·7^*	1·7	17·8^*^†	1·7^†	12·5^‡	1·6	15·7^*	1·7	20·8^*^†^‡	2·4
GB weight (g)^¶	335·2	14·4	325·8	23·3	316·6	10·7	554·7^‡	26·5	547·5^‡	23·0	540·8^‡	27·5

LC, lean control; LF, lean fibre; LHF, lean high fibre; OC, obese control; OF, obese fibre; OHF, obese high fibre; SI, small intestine; TG, total gut; GB, gutless body weight.

Mean values were significantly different from the control diet within the respective lean and obese groups (P<0·05; two-way ANOVA).

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Mean values were significantly different between 10 % and 20 % fibre within the lean and obese groups (P<0·05; two-way ANOVA).

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Mean values were significantly different between lean and obese within the respective diet groups (P<0·05; two-way ANOVA).

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Caecal weight refers to the caecal tissue and its contents.

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TG weight was calculated by adding the weight of the stomach, SI, caecum and colon.

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Body weight without the gut was determined by subtracting total gut weight from body weight.