Table 3.

Percentage changes of body weight and body fat, cumulative caloric intake, terminal measurements of blood glucose, plasma leptin and estradiol concentrations of male and female rats after 4-week LFD or HFD feeding. Data are means ± SEM.

Exp 3: 4-week LFD/HFD	Males			Females
	LFD	HFD	HFD-PF	LFD	HFD	HFD-PF
Body weight change %	29.78±0.81	40.81±0.96†	30.27±0.91	8.33±0.46‡	12.36 ±0.67†‡	7.91±0.44‡
Body fat change %	93.44±7.65	175.59±7.16†	99.46±8.06	53.62±6.28‡	88.87±8.92†‡	46.03±5.99‡
Caloric intake (kCal)	1748.44 ±16.84	1921.64 ±28.45†	Same as LFD males	1426.52 ±11.01‡	1541.43 ±14.03†‡	Same as LFD females
Glucose (mg/dl)	146.0 ±2.7	153.7±4.3	148.8±2.1	140.7 ±5.2	139.5±2.6‡	142.9±2.8
Leptin (ng/ml)	4.12 ±0.24	9.35±0.32†	4.79±0.39	3.40±0.17	5.13±0.12†‡	3.77±0.12‡
Estradiol (pg/ml)	22.69±0.58	25.75±0.97	21.28±0.77	49.81±3.11‡	48.26±2.82‡	44.76±2.76‡

^†Different compared with LFD rats within the same sex.

^‡Different compared with male rats within the same dietary treatment.

LFD: low-fat diet; HFD: high-fat diet; HFD-PF: high-fat diet pair-feeding.