Table 2.

Characteristics of rats fed the Control and High Sugar diets.

	Control 10 Weeks	High sugar 10 Weeks	Control 12 Weeks	High sugar 12 Weeks
Initial body mass (g)	252.6 ± 2.0	254.1 ± 2.3	253.2 ± 2.2	255.3 ± 3.2
Final body mass (g)	469.4 ± 3.0	583.2 ± 3.7+	493.9 ± 3.1	657.5 ± 3.9*
Body mass gain (g)	216.8 ± 2.5	329.1 ± 3.1+	240.7 ± 2.6	402.2 ± 3.1*
Epididymal fat (g)	5.32 ± 0.1	9.57 ± 0.6+	5.89 ± 0.2	11.73 ± 0.6*
Visceral fat (g)	6.87 ± 0.3	12.36 ± 0.5+	7.33 ± 0.1	15.18 ± 0.6*
Retroperitoneal fat (g)	6.36 ± 0.2	11.62 ± 0.4+	7.19 ± 0.2	14.25 ± 0.5*
Adiposity index (%)	3.97 ± 0.1	5.75 ± 0.1+	4.13 ± 0.1	6.26 ± 0.1*
Total cholesterol (mg/dL)	88.7 ± 5.2	113.8 ± 2.1+	90.2 ± 4.8	124.2 ± 3.7*
Triglycerides (mg/dL)	68.2 ± 2.3	83.4 ± 3.1+	67.1 ± 3.9	92.8 ± 2.8*

Data represent the mean ± SEM of n experiments. Two-way ANOVA:

⁺p < 0.05 vs. Control 10 Weeks;

^*p < 0.05 vs. Control 12 Weeks.