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Table 2.

Anthropometry, dietary status, and weight of organs and white adipose tissues during obesity induction period by high fat diet in rats

Groups	NC ¹	HFD ²
Body weight (g)
Initial	221.36 ± 24.33^a	218.86 ± 21.10^a
Final	335.09 ± 19.28^a	420.70 ± 41.71^b
Body weight gain (g)	113.73 ± 15.88^a	202.61 ± 34.50^b
Lee index	0.29 ± 0.00^a	0.31 ± 0.00^b
Body mass index	0.60 ± 0.02^a	0.70 ± 0.04^b
Food intake (g/day/rat)	15.80 ± 4.48^a	16.44 ± 1.10^a
Energy intake (kcal/day/rat)	61.63 ± 17.46^a	89.03 ± 7.27^b
Feed efficiency (g/g)	0.13 ± 0.02^a	0.22 ± 0.04^b
Feed efficiency (g/kcal)	0.03 ± 0.00^a	0.04 ± 0.01^b
Groups	NC ³	HFD ³
Organ weight (g/100 g BW)
Liver	2.26 ± 0.05^a	2.75 ± 0.21^a
Kidney	0.32 ± 0.01^a	0.33 ± 0.00^a
White adipose tissue weight (g/100 g BW)	0.66 ± 0.09^a	4.86 ± 0.25^b
Abdominal	0.58 ± 0.02^a	2.69 ± 0.29^b
Epididymal	0.53 ± 0.13^a	1.69 ± 0.17^b
Perirenal	0.19 ± 0.05^a	0.48 ± 0.07^b

Values with different superscripts in a row indicate significant difference (p < 0.05) by Independent-Samples T test

NC normal diet, HFD high-fat diet

¹ Values are expressed as means ± SD (n = 11)

² Values are expressed as means ± SD (n = 35)

³ Values are expressed as means ± SD (n = 3)