Table 2.
Liver, kidney, epididymal fat, and perirenal fat weights at the end of the 15-week study.
| Tissues | Basal Diet (n = 10) |
High-Fat-Sucrose Diet | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Refined Wheat (n = 14) |
Whole THB (n = 14) |
||
| Liver (g) | 11.2 ± 1.71 a | 13.3 ± 1.40 b | 12.1 ± 1.58 a,b |
| Kidney (g) | 2.78 ± 0.30 a | 3.23 ± 0.17 b | 3.28 ± 0.33 b |
| Epididymal fat (g) | 5.69 ± 2.13 a | 10.4 ± 4.90 b | 6.45 ± 1.56 a |
| Perirenal fat (g) | 1.90 ± 0.52 a | 3.90 ± 1.67 b | 3.19 ± 0.74 b |
| Liver (% #) | 2.48 ± 0.31 | 2.57 ± 0.12 | 2.59 ± 0.36 |
| Kidney (%) | 0.621 ± 0.079 a | 0.626 ± 0.053 a | 0.689 ± 0.047 b |
| Epididymal fat (%) | 1.24 ± 0.35 a | 1.96 ± 0.79 b | 1.38 ± 0.29 a |
| Perirenal fat (%) | 0.420 ± 0.100 a | 0.735 ± 0.262 b | 0.683 ± 0.148 b |
Samples were analyzed using a one-way ANOVA followed by a Turkey post doc test. a,b within rows, between basal diet and high-fat-sucrose diet groups, indicate statistical differences at P < 0.05; # % of body weight.