Table 2.

Parameters of Elovl2+/+ (Wt) and Elov2-/- (KO) mice on control HS diet (for 8 weeks).

Initial Parameters	Wt HS (8 weeks)	KO HS (8 weeks)
Body weight (g ± SEM)	29.9 ± 1.2	27.8 ± 1.6
Lean weight (g± SEM)	22.05 ±0.99	20.74 ± 1.34
Fat mass (g± SEM)	3.22 ± 0.14	2.75 ± 0.09
Final Parameters	Wt HS (8 weeks)	KO HS (8 weeks)
Body weight (g± SEM)	30.4 ± 0.7	27.2 ± 0.2
Lean weight (g± SEM)	20.29 ± 0.39	19.07 ± 0.74
Fat mass (g± SEM)	4.98 ± 0.37	3.52 ± 0.29
Weekly Food Consumption (kJ/week ± SEM)	325.1± 6.4	313.7 ± 14.9
Cumulative energy intake (kJ/8 weeks± SEM)	2600.9 ± 51.0	2509.5 ± 119.5
Metabolic efficiency (% of food store as fat)	2.5	1.1

Body weight, fat weight, lean weight at the start point of the experiment (initial) and at the end (final), weekly and cumulative energy intake, and metabolic efficiency expressed for wild-type and Elovl2 -/- mice fed for eight weeks high sucrose diet (HS). All results are mean ± SEM (standard error of the mean) and representative of three animals per group analyzed by paired Student’s t-test.