Table 4.

Body Composition of WT and Alox 15^−/− Mice in an Experimental Animal Model of Chronic-Binge–Induced Liver Injury

Parameters	WT		Alox 15−/−
	Pair fed	Ethanol	Pair fed	Ethanol
Body/tissue weights
Body weight, g	23.8 ± 0.72	22.8 ± 0.60	20.81 ± 0.56	20.4 ± 0.63
Liver weight, g	0.77 ± 0.04	0.94 ± 0.02∗	0.72 ± 0.04	0.97 ± 0.01∗
Liver/body weight	0.032 ± 0.0008	0.044 ± 0.001∗	0.035 ± 0.001	0.047 ± 0.001∗
eWAT weight, g	0.37 ± 0.03	0.23 ± 0.04∗	0.27 ± 0.02	0.15 ± 0.02
eWAT/body weight	0.015 ± 0.001	0.01 ± 0.001	0.013 ± 0.001	0.007 ± 0.001

Data are presented as the means + SEM. n = 7 to 10 animals per group.

^∗P < 0.05 pair-fed versus ethanol-fed mice.

eWAT, epididymal white adipose tissue; WT, wild-type.