Table 2. Growth and biometric parameters of fed (CTRL group) and fasted gilthead sea bream.

	CTRL	Fasted	P a
Final body weight (g)	109.48 ± 3.42	79.93 ± 1.82	<0.001
Viscera (g)	9.35 ± 0.49	4.34 ± 0.23	<0.001
Liver (g)	2.31 ± 0.13	0.52 ± 0.03	<0.001
VSI (%) b	8.52 ± 0.23	5.41 ± 0.19	<0.001
HSI (%) c	2.10 ± 0.06	0.64 ± 0.02	<0.001
DM intake (g/fish)	17.25	-

Each value is the mean ± SEM of the 8 sampled fish for transcriptional analysis. Initial average weight for the entire population was 86 ± 0.08 g.

^aP values result from Student-t test.

^bViscerosomatix index = (100 × viscera wt.) / fish wt.

^cHepatosomatic index = (100 × liver wt.) / fish wt.