Table 1.

Weight of tissue and organs

	S4	T4	S6	D
Retroperitoneal fat pad (mg/g)	7.58±0.9	3.35±0.6*	7.52±0.5	4.50±0.9*
Periepididymal fat pad (mg/g)	18.84±1.1	12.94±1.4*	20.75±1.1	13.92±1.8*
Adipocyte diameter (μm)	61.6±2.1#	61.3±0.8#	71.4±3.1	66.1±1.6
Gastrocnemius muscle (mg/g)	10.50±0.2	10.51±0.2	8.81±0.8	10.31±0.5
Soleus muscle (mg/g)	0.41±0.1	0.51±0.01	0.53±0.01	0.61±0.03
Lungs (mg/g)	6.38±0.1	6.13±0.7	6.44±0.3	6.48±0.2
Liver (mg/g)	43.91±1.1	46.27±2.0	43.54±0.9	41.93±0.7
Kidneys (mg/g)	13.07±0.3	10.26±1.3	9.47±0.8	10.82±0.3
Adrenal glands (mg/g)	0.38±0.08	0.25±0.06	0.13±0.03	0.24±0.02
Heart (mg/g)	4.28±0.1	5.15±0.2*	4.08±0.1	4.51±0.1#
Left ventricle (mg/g)	3.29±0.05	3.88±0.1*	3.17±0.04	3.51±0.05#

Data are presented as mean ± SE. S4 = sedentary (4 weeks); T4 = exercise-trained; S6 = sedentary (6 weeks); D = detrained. S4 and T4 were sacrificed at the end of PT; S6 and D were sacrificed two weeks later.

^*p<0.05 vs. S4 and S6;

^#p<0.05 vs. S6.