. 2016 May 23;16:140. doi: 10.1186/s12906-016-1116-y

Table 3.

Anthropometry, dietary status, and weight of organs and white adipose tissues during GBR treatment period in diet-induced obese rats

Groups	NC	PC	25 T	50 T	100 T
Body weight (g)
Initial	328.25 ± 23.30^a	427.25 ± 57.91^b	414.25 ± 27.91^b	403.00 ± 33.56^b	400.88 ± 29.68^b
Final	370.63 ± 29.12^a	562.88 ± 85.62^b	548.50 ± 43.27^bc	494.50 ± 59.58^c	417.75 ± 45.47^a
Body weight gain (g)	42.38 ± 14.73^a	135.63 ± 34.04^b	134.25 ± 20.49^b	91.50 ± 23.24^c	16.88 ± 10.12^a
Lee index	0.29 ± 0.00^a	0.32 ± 0.01^b	0.31 ± 0.00^b	0.31 ± 0.01^c	0.30 ± 0.01^a
Body mass index	0.62 ± 0.03^a	0.82 ± 0.06^b	0.81 ± 0.04^b	0.74 ± 0.06^c	0.67 ± 0.06^d
Food intake (g/day/rat)	15.38 ± 1.02^a	15.29 ± 1.11^a	15.30 ± 0.73^a	14.57 ± 0.61^b	12.00 ± 0.86^c
Energy intake (kcal/day/rat)	59.96 ± 4.00^a	85.64 ± 6.21^b	81.53 ± 3.89^c	77.07 ± 3.24^d	65.26 ± 4.67^e
Feed efficiency (g/g)	0.06 ± 0.02^a	0.16 ± 0.04^b	0.16 ± 0.02^b	0.11 ± 0.03^c	0.04 ± 0.01^a
Feed efficiency (g/kcal)	0.01 ± 0.00^a	0.03 ± 0.01^b	0.03 ± 0.00^b	0.02 ± 0.01^ab	0.01 ± 0.00^a
Organ weight (g/100 g BW)
Liver	2.43 ± 0.21^a	2.89 ± 0.20^b	2.84 ± 0.23^b	2.82 ± 0.20^b	2.70 ± 0.25^b
Kidney	0.46 ± 0.04^ab	0.47 ± 0.02^b	0.44 ± 0.03^ab	0.44 ± 0.04^ab	0.43 ± 0.03^a
White adipose tissue weight (g/100 g BW)	1.45 ± 0.91^a	5.75 ± 1.18^b	5.59 ± 0.47^bc	4.97 ± 1.28^bc	1.31^c
Abdominal	0.67 ± 0.55^a	3.51 ± 0.65^b	3.44 ± 0.40^b	3.11 ± 0.78^b	0.99^b
Epididymal	0.57 ± 0.19^a	1.71 ± 0.51^b	1.70 ± 0.31^b	1.42 ± 0.53^b	1.28 ± 0.50^b
Perirenal	0.21 ± 0.07^a	0.53 ± 0.13^b	0.45 ± 0.10^b	0.43 ± 0.17^b	0.40 ± 0.13^ab

Values are expressed as means ± SD (n = 8)

Values with different superscripts in a row indicate significant difference (p < 0.05) by Duncan’s multiple range tests

NC normal diet, PC high-fat diet, 25 T high-fat diet + 25 % GBR, 50 T high-fat diet + 50 % GBR, 100 T high-fat diet + 100 % GBR