TABLE 1.

The metabolic parameters in low-fat (LF) mice, high-fat (HF) mice and HF mice administered with curdlan for 15 weeks.

Metabolic parameters	LF	HF	HFCurd
Body weight (g)	28.2 ± 0.5	42.8 ± 2.2***	34.7 ± 1.3##
Plasma glucose (mmol/l)	5.1 ± 0.1	6.1 ± 0.3*	4.5 ± 0.4##
Energy intake (kcal/day)	11.4 ± 0.3	14.4 ± 0.3***	14.7 ± 0.3***
Plasma glucose AUC (mmol/l × min)	961.0 ± 31.5	1364.0 ± 51.6***	964.6 ± 36.2###
Liver mass (g)	1.4 ± 0.1	2.5 ± 0.3**	1.8 ± 0.1#
Liver mass/body weight (%)	4.6 ± 0.1	5.3 ± 0.4	4.2 ± 0.1#
Subcutaneous fat mass (g)	0.47 ± 0.04	1.9 ± 0.1**	1.1 ± 0.3#
Subcutaneous fat mass/body weight (%)	1.5 ± 0.1	3.7 ± 0.3***	2.1 ± 0.4##
Epididymal fat mass (g)	1.1 ± 0.2	2.7 ± 0.3***	1.69 ± 0.04#
Epididymal fat mass/body weight (%)	2.9 ± 0.4	5.9 ± 0.6***	4.3 ± 0.1#
Brown fat mass (g)	0.11 ± 0.01	0.27 ± 0.04**	0.14 ± 0.02##
Brown fat mass/body weight (%)	0.35 ± 0.01	0.54 ± 0.06*	0.30 ± 0.03##

Values are mean ± standard error of means. n = 10. *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001 vs. LF; ^#p < 0.05, ^##p < 0.01, ^###p < 0.001 vs. HF.