Table 3.
Anthropometric parameters and food intake
| 2 weeks | 6 weeks | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SD | HFD | WD | SD | HFD | WD | |
| Initial bodyweight (g) | 200 ± 3 | 199 ± 4 | 198 ± 3 | 199 ± 3 | 194 ± 3 | 192 ± 3 |
| Final bodyweight (g) | 343 ± 4 | 348 ± 6 | 339 ± 6 | 509 ± 7 ††† | 549 ± 17 †††** | 556 ± 13 †††** |
| Food intake (g/day) | 28.5 ± 0.6 | 20.9 ± 0.3*** | 24.3 ± 0.3***□□□ | 31.2 ± 0.6 ††† | 21.9 ± 0.4 †††*** | 26.2 ± 0.6 †††***□□□ |
| Food intake (kcal/day) | 82 ± 2 | 109 ± 1*** | 113 ± 2***□ | 90 ± 1 ††† | 114 ± 2*** ††† | 123 ± 3 †††***□ |
| Abdominal fat pad weight (g) | 11.7 ± 0.7 | 17.6 ± 1.0* | 18.2 ± 1.0* | 33.2 ± 1.7 ††† | 48.6 ± 2.5 †††*** | 52.1 ± 3.0 †††*** |
| Subcutaneous fat pad weight (g) | 1.7 ± 0.2 | 2.6 ± 0.2** | 2.8 ± 0.4*** | 4.9 ± 0.3 ††† | 7.2 ± 0.6 †††** | 7.9 ± 0.9 †††*** |
Values are mean ± SEM with 8-10 rats per group: SD standard diet; HFD high fat diet; WD western diet. * Significantly (P < 0.05) different from SD; ** P < 0.01; *** P < 0.001; □ significantly (P < 0.05) different from HFD; □□□ P < 0.001; ††† significantly (P < 0.001) different from the two-week values, respectively