Table 2. Body mass index, food intake, serum lipids, and tissue weights in SM/J, R0, and R1A congenic mice fed a HF diet for 11 weeks.
| SM/J (n = 12) | R0 (n = 10) | R1A (n = 12) | |
| Body mass index (g/cm2) | 0.255±0.004a | 0.301±0.004b | 0.284±0.008b |
| Food intake (g/day) at 3 wks | 2.43±0.11a | 3.05±0.07b | 2.85±0.21b |
| Food intake (g/day) at 7 wks | 2.87±0.20 | 3.58±0.06 | 3.19±0.19 |
| Food intake (g/day) at 11 wks | 2.89±0.17 | 3.53±0.12 | 3.28±0.25 |
| Non-fasting blood glucose (mg/dL) | 171±4a | 182±4ab | 184±8b |
| Serum TG concentration (mg/dL) | 203±9 | 254±25 | 245±12 |
| Serum TC concentration (mg/dL) | 187±3 | 177±13 | 169±10 |
| Tissue weight (g/100 g body weight) | |||
| Subcutaneous fat | 2.43±0.22a | 3.61±0.14b | 2.98±0.18b |
| Epididymal fat | 3.29±0.27a | 5.21±0.22b | 4.57±0.22b |
| Mesenteric and Retroperitoneal fat | 2.00±0.16a | 2.80±0.14b | 2.38±0.12b |
| Liver | 4.33±0.10 | 4.53±0.13 | 4.49±0.11 |
TG, triglyceride; TC, total cholesterol.
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Means not sharing a common lowercase letter are significantly different by Tukey-Kramer’s test (P<0.05).