Table 4.
Effect of consumption of different diets substituted with apple pomace (10% g/kg) by growing female rats on caloric intake, body weight, and liver weight following eight weeks of feeding.
| Measurements | Treatments 1 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIN | AIN/AP | Western | Western/AP | p-Value | |
| Caloric intake (kcal) | 2946 ± 85 b | 2757 ± 62 b | 3373 ± 71 a | 3443 ± 134 a | <0.0001 |
| CHO intake (kcal) | 1769 ± 54 a | 1708 ± 39 a | 1354 ± 29 b | 1347 ± 54 b | <0.0001 |
| Fat intake (kcal) | 476 ± 15 b | 464 ± 11 b | 1487 ± 32 a | 1494 ± 60 a | <0.0001 |
| Initial bwt (g) | 95 ± 3 | 92 ± 3 | 95 ± 3 | 95 ± 3 | 0.80 |
| Final bwt (g) | 216 ± 4 | 216 ± 8 | 228 ± 5 | 234 ± 5 | 0.08 |
| Total bwt gain (g) | 121 ± 4 | 124 ± 7 | 133 ± 6 | 138 ± 6 | 0.17 |
| Wet Initial Fecal Weight (g) | 0.82 ± 0.06 b | 0.75 ± 0.11 b | 1.30 ± 0.23 a | 1.14 ± 0.13 a,b | 0.06 |
| Dry Initial Fecal Weight (g) | 0.67 ± 0.06 | 0.54 ± 0.14 | 1.269 ± 0.27 | 0.75 ± 0.21 | 0.08 |
| Wet Final Fecal Weight (g) | 0.30 ± 0.18 b | 0.28 ± 0.16 b | 0.91 ± 0.34 a | 0.63 ± 0.23 a,b | 0.03 |
| Dry Final Fecal Weight (g) | 0.23 ± 0.13 | 0.19 ± 0.10 | 0.78 ± 0.27 | 0.50 ± 0.16 | 0.13 |
| Feed Efficiency Ratio | 0.17 ± 0.01 | 0.17 ± 0.01 | 0.18 ± 0.01 | 0.18 ± 0.01 | 0.13 |
| Gonadal fat pad weight (g) | 4.12 ± 0.26 b | 3.46 ± 0.44 b | 5.87 ± 0.24 a | 5.96 ± 0.23 a | <0.0001 |
| Liver weight (g) | 7.50 ± 0.24 | 7.44 ± 0.37 | 8.05 ± 0.30 | 7.98 ± 0.24 | 0.35 |
| Relative liver weight (mg/g bwt) | 3.47 ± 0.078 | 3.45 ± 0.068 | 3.52 ± 0.067 | 3.41 ± 0.048 | 0.69 |
1 Values expressed as mean ± SEM (n = 6–8 rats/group). Different superscript letters a and b within the same row. Indicate significant difference at p < 0.05 by one-way ANOVA followed by Tukey’s test. Abbreviations: Bwt, body weight; CHO, carbohydrate.