Table 3.
Effect of treatment of fructose and low protein diets on food intake, body weight change for unmated controls and pregnant and lactating rats, as well as effect of maternal diet on offspring birth weight, weaning weight and BMI1.
| Physiological status | Unmated Controls
|
Pregnant / Lactating
|
SE | P2
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diet treatment | CT | FR | LP | MatNuCT | MatNuFR | MatNuLP | Ph3 | Diet | Ph×D | |
| Prepartum, weeks 1 – 3 | ||||||||||
| Food intake, g | 337a | 294b | 330ab | 351a | 314ab | 349a | 9 | <0.05 | <0.05 | 0.95 |
| BW change3, g | 23.8b | 19.0b | 25.9b | 86.4a | 77.0a | 82.5a | 2.7 | <0.05 | <0.05 | 0.49 |
| Postpartum, weeks 4 – 6 | ||||||||||
| Food intake, g | 426d | 336d | 370d | 1009a | 800b | 632c | 15 | <0.05 | <0.05 | <0.05 |
| BW change, g | 11.2a | 10.2a | 8.4a | 18.7a | 13.6a | −16.9b | 3.0 | 0.06 | <0.05 | <0.05 |
| Birthweight4, g | -- | -- | -- | 6.7a | 6.7a | 5.8b | 0.23 | -- | <0.05 | -- |
| Weaned weight5, g | -- | -- | -- | 57.7a | 48.5b | 28.8c | 0.82 | -- | <0.05 | -- |
| BMI6, kg/m2 | -- | -- | -- | 5.51a | 4.77b | 3.61c | 0.08 | -- | <0.05 | -- |
1
Least-square means and standard errors
2
P value associated main effects
3
Physiological status
4
Body weight change
5
Offspring birthweight
6
Offspring weaning weight
7
BMI of offspring at weaning
a, b, c, d
Means with different superscripts in the same row differ (P < 0.05)