Table 2.

Effect of DHG on perirenal and epididymal adipose tissue weight and relative viscera index of hyperlipidemic hamsters.

Group	NC	HFD	Sim	DHG-L	DHG-M	DHG-H
Perirenal adipose tissue (g)	2.29 ± 0.34	3.38 ± 0.50**	2.35 ± 0.26##	2.60 ± 0.37##	2.35 ± 0.51##	2.16 ± 0.37##
Epididymal adipose tissue (g)	4.28 ± 0.31	5.25 ± 0.62**	4.42 ± 0.53##	4.67 ± 0.52#	4.41 ± 0.85##	4.24 ± 0.52##
Liver index (%)	3.33 ± 0.31	5.53 ± 0.29**	4.58 ± 0.51##	5.35 ± 0.40	5.12 ± 0.38#	4.69 ± 0.32##
Heart index (%)	0.32 ± 0.02	0.32 ± 0.03	0.33 ± 0.02	0.32 ± 0.03	0.33 ± 0.03	0.33 ± 0.02
Spleen index (%)	0.07 ± 0.02	0.07 ± 0.01	0.08 ± 0.02	0.07 ± 0.01	0.07 ± 0.01	0.07 ± 0.02
Lung index (%)	0.39 ± 0.04	0.38 ± 0.02	0.41 ± 0.03	0.40 ± 0.02	0.40 ± 0.03	0.41 ± 0.03
Kidney index (%)	0.71 ± 0.05	0.68 ± 0.04	0.69 ± 0.07	0.67 ± 0.04	0.69 ± 0.05	0.68 ± 0.04
Brain index (%)	0.53 ± 0.03	0.51 ± 0.04	0.53 ± 0.03	0.52 ± 0.03	0.52 ± 0.05	0.54 ± 0.03

Values were mean ± SD, n = 10. NC, normal control group; HFD, high-fat diet group; Sim, simvastatin (2.40 mg/kg/day); DHG-L, DHG at low dosage (0.37 g/kg/day); DHG-M, DHG at medium dosage (1.10 g/kg/day); DHG-H, DHG at high dosage (3.3 g/kg/day). ^**p < 0.01 vs NC; ^#p < 0.05 vs HFD; ^##p < 0.01 vs HFD.