Figure 3.
10,12 CLA decreases adiposity. At wk 12, epididymal, inguinal, retroperitoneal, and mesenteric white adipose tissue (WAT), and brown adipose tissue (BAT) were excised and weighed. Means ± SEM (n=10–12) not sharing a common letter differ (p<0.05) by one-way ANOVA. Means ± SEM sharing the symbol # differ using the Bonferroni’s adjustment (p<0.01). Weight of total WAT is the combined weights of the epididymal, inguinal, retroperitoneal, and mesenteric depots; LL, low fat throughout the 12 wk study; HH, high fat throughout the 12 wk study; HL, high fat for the first 5 wk and then switched to low fat for the following 7 wk; HLE, high fat diet for the first 5 wk, and then switched to low fat diet with daily exercise for the following 7 wk; HLS, high fat diet for the first 5 wk, and then switched to low fat diet with 4 g/kg sodium salicylate for the following 7 wk; CLA, 0.1% 10,12 conjugated linoleic acid.