Table 2.

Body weights, organ weights, and small intestine lengths

	Body weights (g)		Organ weights (mg)				Small intestine length (cm)
Group	0 week	10 weeks	Kidney	Spleen	Liver	Thymus
Exercise group
HC	20.2 ± 0.3	24.87 ± 0.5	219.0 ± 8.3	62.5 ± 6.2	816.7 ± 45.1	42.0 ± 2.0	31.1 ± 0.5
C	19.7 ± 0.5	28.62 ± 1.0	322.0 ± 30.0	99.7 ± 19.8	1123.7 ± 36.2	49.5 ± 4.9	31.2 ± 1.1
LC	19.9 ± 0.3	28.09 ± 1.1	337.0 ± 5.2	66.7 ± 3.9	1310.0 ± 39.0	45.8 ± 5.3	31.8 ± 0.7
Sedentary group
HC	20.5 ± 0.3	26.47 ± 1.0	243.5 ± 11.6	88.8 ± 7.0	821.0 ± 72.4	46.2 ± 2.8	30.8 ± 0.7
C	20.0 ± 0.4	31.32 ± 1.0	314.7 ± 16.7	91.0 ± 10.4	1236.3 ± 68.6	48.5 ± 5.6	32.4 ± 0.7
LC	20.0 ± 0.3	31.83 ± 1.5	332.7 ± 5.6	77.7 ± 2.4	1350.0 ± 51.3	50.0 ± 2.8	31.5 ± 1.1
Two-way-ANOVA†
Diet	0.702	<0.001	<0.001	0.128	<0.001	0.590	0.728
Ex	0.522	0.004	0.758	0.315	0.461	0.363	0.674
Diet × Ex	0.491	0.603	0.659	0.357	0.606	0.665	0.745

The values shown are mean ± SEM. HC, high-carbohydrate diet; C, control diet; LC, low-carbohydrate diet.

^†Two-way ANOVA (p values) for the effects of various protein diets (Diet), the effect of exercise (Ex), and their interactive effects (Diet × Ex).