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Published in final edited form as: Alcohol. 2014 Feb 1;48(2):133–144. doi: 10.1016/j.alcohol.2013.12.005

Table 1.

Effects of Fat/Carbohydrate Ratio and Ethanol on Growth, Organ Weights and Leptin in the Male Rat

	HC		HF
	(−) EtOH	(+) EtOH	(−) EtOH	(+) EtOH
Weight Gain (g)	352 ± 15.1¹ Diet Effect	179 ± 11.8^* p<0.001	278 ± 13.1^# EtOH Effect	104 ± 10.7^*,^# p<0.001
Abdominal Fat Weight (g)	20.5 ± 1.54 Diet Effect	12.8 ± 1.01^* p<0.001	15.3 ± 0.61^# EtOH Effect	7.4 ± 0.95^*,^# p<0.001
Abdominal Fat Weight (%)	3.30 ± 0.18 Diet Effect	2.86 ± 0.16 p<0.001	2.93 ± 0.16 EtOH Effect	1.98 ± 0.17^*,^# p<0.001
Liver Weight (g)	19.9 ± 0.66 Diet Effect	18.1 ± 0.72^* p<0.001	17.5 ± 0.63^# EtOH Effect	14.1 ± 0..67^*,^# p<0.001
Liver Weight (%)	3.24 ± 0.08 Diet Effect	4.09 ± 0.11^* p=0.039	3.15 ± 0.06 EtOH Effect	3.85 ± 0..06^*,^# p<0.001
Leptin (ng/ml)	63.7 ± 6.26 Diet Effect	26.6 ± 2.09^* p=0.003	40.5 ± 4.71^# EtOH Effect	14.7 ± 4.66^* p<0.001

¹

S.E.M., HC–high carbohydrate, HF–high fat,

^#

Diet effect within group p<0.05,

^*

EtOH effect within group p<0.05