Table 3.

Mean area of adipocytes in epididymal adipose tissue of control diet (C) and high-sugar/fat diet (HSF) groups†

(Mean values and standard deviations, n 8)

	Area of adipocytes (mm2)
Group	Mean	sd	Number of inflammatory cells/field	P diet <0·001	P time <0·001	P interaction 0·004
C6	1·0A	0·2	1–5
HSF6	1·4a	0·2	1–5
C12	1·1A	0·4	1–5
HSF12	1·4a	0·1	20–40
C24	2·8B	1·2	5–20
HSF24	5·0*b	0·9	>40

C6, control diet for 6 weeks; HSF6, high-sugar/fat diet for 6 weeks; C12, control diet for 12 weeks; HSF12, high-sugar/fat diet for 12 weeks; C24, control diet for 24 weeks; HSF24, high-sugar/fat diet for 24 weeks.

^A,B Mean values within a column with unlike uppercase letters were significantly different among the C groups (6 v. 12 v. 24 weeks) (P < 0·05).

^a,b Mean values within a column with unlike lowercase letters were significantly different among the HSF groups (6 v. 12 v. 24 weeks) (P < 0·05).

* Mean value was significantly different from that for the C group at the same time point (P < 0·05).

† Comparisons among groups were performed using two-way ANOVA for independent groups and were completed using Tukey's post hoc test.