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. 2015 Oct 29;5:15256. doi: 10.1038/srep15256

Table 1. Effects of dietary fiber on average food and energy intake, weight gain, organ index in C57BL/6J mice fed a high fat/cholesterol diet for 24 weeks.

  RC HFC OatWell Wheat
Food intake (g/day) 3.14 ± 0.23 2.57 ± 0.22a 2.55 ± 0.30a 2.80 ± 0.34a,b
Energy (kcal/day) 12.26 ± 0.89 12.25 ± 1.08 12.09 ± 1.44 13.29 ± 1.63a,b,c
Weight gain (g) 10.21 ± 1.46 17.55 ± 2.60a 13.63 ± 2.01a,b 14.73 ± 1.84a,b
Relative liver weight (mg/g body weight) 39.06 ± 2.58 38.05 ± 1.65 38.14 ± 3.67 38.49 ± 3.67
Relative fat weight (mg/g body weight) 18.94 ± 7.63 60.23 ± 12.60a 39.22 ± 14.57a,b 48.20 ± 19.40a,b

Data are expressed as the mean ± SD (n = 12).

ap < 0.05, vs mice fed with RC diet.

bp < 0.05, vs mice fed with HFC diet.

cp < 0.05, vs mice fed with OatWell diet.