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. 2014 Mar 6;9(3):e90995. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0090995

Table 4. Dietary lipid energy handling by Wistar rats, effect of diet and sex.

units female control male control female cafeteria male cafeteria P values
sex diet
rat body energy MJ 4.85±0.22 7.79±0.41 6.85±0.38 9.26±0.37 <0.0001 <0.0001
rat lipid energy content MJ 1.02±0.10 1.49±0.13 1.92±0.24 2.34±0.24 0.0298 0.0002
% energy 21.1±1.96 19.1±2.11 28.1±2.66 25.3±2.44 NS 0.0097
rat body non lipid energy MJ 3.94±0.41 6.15±0.55 4.76±0.46 6.83±0.71 0.0008 NS
dietary energy intake MJ/28 d 6.56±0.48 8.87±0.69 14.5±1.33 19.6±1.59 0.0035 <0.0001
W 2.00±0.09 3.22±0.17 2.83±0.16 3.83±0.15 <0.0001 <0.0001
W/kg BW 9.10±0.32 9.24±0.40 10.9±0.26 10.4±0.14 NS <0.0001
lipid dietary energy intake MJ 0.64±0.08 0.85±0.09 5.19±0.65 6.27±0.73 NS <0.0001
% energy intake 9.68±0.68 9.68±0.75 35.7±2.98 32.1±3.33 NS <0.0001

Values are the mean ± sem of six different animals. Statistical significance of the differences between groups (two-way ANOVA); NS = not statistically significant (P>0.05).