Table 2.

Organ weight

	Vehicle			High-fat diet
	Vehicle	LPSlow dose	LPShigh dose	Vehicle	LPSlow dose	LPShigh dose
Visceral fat (g)*	17.51 ± 0.73	14.26 ± 0.92	16.92 ± 1.41	22.02 ± 1.98	20.10 ± 1.96	21.13 ± 2.11
Mesentery fat (g)*,‡	3.86 ± 0.21	2.78 ± 0.13	3.51 ± 0.49	4.55 ± 0.48	3.73 ± 0.41	5.00 ± 0.89
Spleen (g)†,‡	0.64 ± 0.04	0.80 ± 0.07	0.92 ± 0.07	0.74 ± 0.05	0.95 ± 0.07	0.95 ± 0.05
Liver weight (g)	9.27 ± 0.36	8.88 ± 0.30	9.90 ± 0.39	8.87 ± 0.56	10.23 ± 0.49	10.56 ± 0.66
Heart (g)	1.07 ± 0.04	1.01 ± 0.04	1.08 ± 0.01	1.01 ± 0.03	1.09 ± 0.05	1.12 ± 0.06
Pancreas (g)	1.18 ± 0.10	1.30 ± 0.12	1.38 ± 0.05	1.24 ± 0.16	1.36 ± 0.09	1.59 ± 0.15

Data are presented as means ± SEM (n = 5–6 per group).

^*Significant effect HFD (high-fat diet, two-way ANOVA, P < 0.05).

^†Significant effect of LPS (two-way ANOVA, P < 0.05).

^‡Significant effect of LPS (two-way ANCOVA, body mass included as a covariate, P < 0.05).