Table 1.

Morphometric and hepatic lipid profile of CTR and HSD rats.

	CTR (mean ± SEM)	HSD (mean ± SEM)
Morphometric features
Ovary (g/100 g)	0.098 ± 0.006	0.097 ± 0.008
Uterus (g/100 g)	0.229 ± 0.020	0.195 ± 0.019
Liver (g/100 g)	3.109 ± 0.074	3.064 ± 0.166
Visceral fat pads (g/100 g)	2.669 ± 0.265	4.088 ± 0.413*
Retroperitoneal fat pads (g/100 g)	1.30 ± 0.077	1.672 ± 0.110*
Periovarian fat pads (g/100 g)	353.30 ± 56.650	565.20 ± 46.320*
Heart (g/100 g)	0.296 ± 0.006	0.299 ± 0.005
Kidneys (g/100 g)	0.840 ± 0.032	0.719 ± 0.034*
Pancreas (g/100 g)	0.322 ± 0.025	0.340 ± 0.031
Hepatic lipid profile
Triglycerides (mg/g Liver)	54.380 ± 2.437	54.940 ± 2.798
Total Cholesterol (mg/g Liver)	77.210 ± 4.478	82.280 ± 2.848

Results expressed as mean ± S.E.M. *p < 0.05 vs CTR compared with unpaired Student t-test. n=8 for CTR and HSD.