Table 4.

Body, gastrocnemius muscle, and epididymal fat weights after 4 weeks of experimental period

	Saline-treated control	DCA-treated control	Saline-treated trained	DCA-treated trained
Body weight (g)	42.91 ± 1.35	42.31 ± 0.91	40.84 ± 0.99	42.04 ± 0.94
Gastrocnemius muscle weight (mg)	362.5 ± 9.28	372.4 ± 17.74	341.9 ± 18.67	378.9 ± 15.58
Epididymal fat weight (mg)	961.3 ± 164.0	841.9 ± 126.1	627.8 ± 41.13*	529.3 ± 30.75*τ
Epididymal fat weight (mg/g BW)	10.95 ± 1.53	9.90 ± 1.40	7.53 ± 0.55*	6.31 ± 0.38*τ

Values are means ± SE (N = 5–8).

Gastrocnemius muscle and epididymal fat were measured from both sides.

^*and τ Significant differences from the saline-treated and the DCA-treated control groups, respectively (P < 0.05).