Table 2.

Body weight and adipose tissue weight in control, HAGE fed, diabetic and diabetic HAGE fed rats.

Body parameters	C	HAGE	D	D+HAGE
Initial body weight (g)	280±16.1	277±13.6	278±14.3	281±15.2
Final body weight (g)	315±20.1	332±21.2	229±33.9*	248±37.8*
Body weight gain (g)	35±7.2	55±11.8*	−49±12.6**	−33±9.5**
Adipose tissue (g)	3.4±0.3	8.4±2.9**	0.5±0.08*	4.6±1.4

Body weight and adipose tissue weight are expressed as grams (g). All results are presented as mean ± S.D. (n = 10 per group) and analyzed using one-way ANOVA and Tukey's post-hoc test. Adipose tissue is composed of epididymal + retroperitoneal adipose tissues. Asterisks indicate a significant difference compared to either the control group or the diabetic group for the HAGE group and D+HAGE group, respectively (

^*P < 0.05,

^**P < 0.01, ***P < 0.001).