Table 2. Weights of tissues and organs normalized for the total body weight of the animals.

Tissues/organs	Sedentary (N = 15)	Trained (N = 18)
Retroperitoneal fat pad	2.74 ± 1.48	2.76 ± 0.86
Periepididymal fat pad	11.75 ± 3.73	10.49 ± 2.77
Gastrocnemius	10.16 ± 0.83	9.82 ± 0.86
Soleus	0.56 ± 0.04	0.52 ± 0.05
Lung	7.04 ± 2.48	6.58 ± 0.62
Kidney	9.93 ± 0.65	10.39 ± 0.85
Adrenal gland	0.13 ± 0.02	0.15 ± 0.02
Liver	45.69 ± 4.62	49.57 ± 4.98*
Heart	4.29 ± 0.22	4.99 ± 0.32*
Spleen	4.03 ± 0.58	3.05 ± 0.45*

Data (means ± SEM) are reported as mg/g body weight.

^*P < 0.05 compared to sedentary group (Student t-test).