Table 1.

Food intake and growth characteristics^a

	Male		Female
	Control	OF	Control	OF
Weight gain (g)	135.2 ± 3.5	140.2 ± 3.5	55. 9 ± 3.9*	55.6 ± 3.7*
Total weightb (g)	392.0 ± 6.1	401.1 ± 3.9	227.5 ± 5.0*	231.0 ± 5.1*
Energy Intake (kcal/d)	93.0 ± 1.6	90.6 ± 1.1	71.6 ± 1.5*	76.1 ± 2.8*
Cecal weight (g)	7.6 ± 0.2	9.9 ± 0.2	5.1 ± 0.3*	6.5 ± 0.4*

OF oligofructose

*Significance based on sex as analyzed by ANOVA

^aValues are presented as mean ± SEM for male (n = 13–18) and female (n = 12) rats fed the control or OF-supplemented diet

^bThe total weight was taken at necropsy