Table 2.
Animal characteristics and metabolic findings
| Body weight (g) | Epididymal fat (g) | Liver weight (g) | Blood glucose (mmol/L) | OGTT (AUC) | |
| Normal chow | 35.4 ± 1.5a | 1.4 ± 0.2a | 1.3 ± 0.1a | 8.0 ± 0.7 | 654.1 ± 94.4 |
| HFHC | 43.4 ± 1.7 | 2.7 ± 0.2 | 3.7 ± 0.4 | 8.2 ± 0.6 | 528.7 ± 65.2 |
| HFHC baked | 45.5 ± 1.2 | 2.8 ± 0.2 | 3.4 ± 0.5 | 7.8 ± 0.3 | 506.2 ± 70.2 |
| HFHC baked and acetic acid | 44.6 ± 0.9 | 2.6 ± 0.1 | 3.6 ± 0.2 |
Data are mean ± SEM at 33 wk of normal chow or high fat high cholesterol feeding.
a
P < 0.01 vs HFHC groups. AUC: Area under the curve; OGTT: Oral glucose tolerance test.