Table 2.

Animal Characteristics

	Control Diet	Western Diet
Week 0 body weight, g	18.00 ± 0.30	17.53 ± 0.39
Week 2 body weight, g	19.50 ± 0.26	21.89 ± 0.43*
Weight gain, g	1.49 ± 0.29	4.36 ± 0.25*
Fasting blood glucose, mmol/l	5.86 ± 0.36	10.49 ± 0.57*
Heart wet weight, g	0.010 ± 0.003	0.011 ± 0.003
Tibia Length, cm	2.25 ± 0.01	2.24 ± 0.01

Values are expressed as means ± SE; n = 12 per group.

^*P < 0.05 vs. control diet.