Table 1.

Body weights and absolute and relative pituitary weights after 5 daily intracerebroventricular (ICV) ghrelin injections to male rats on different diets

Groups	Body weight (g)	Absolute pituitary weight (mg)	Relative pituitary weight (mg/%)
Control NF	215.1 ± 11.4	7.8 ± 0.7	3.5 ± 0.5
Ghrelin NF	233.1 ± 15.1b (+8.4%)	7.7 ± 0.7 (-2.0%)	3.4 ± 0.4 (-2.8%)
Control HF	317.0 ± 19.3a +47.4%)	10.6 ± 1.0a (+35.9%)	3.3 ± 0.5
Ghrelin HF	335.0 ± 12.5c (+5.7%)	9.7 ± 1.1 (-8.5%)	2.9 ± 0.6 (-12.1%)

NF; Normal fat, HF; High fat, GNF; Ghrelin NF, GHF; Ghrelin HF, ^a; P<0.05 HF vs. NF control rats, ^b; P<0.05 GNF vs. NF and ^c; P<0.05 GHF vs. HF. Data presented as mean ± SD (n=7).