. 2021 Jun 14;11:12436. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-91274-4

Table 2.

Absolute and relative values of body composition.

Diet	P3	P5	P8	P12	P15	P20	Test diet
Initial body weight (g)	58.61 ± 1.24	56.30 ± 0.98	58.90 ± 0.88	57.10 ± 1.64	58.26 ± 0.85	58.53 ± 0.99	NS
Final body weight (g)	85.98 ± 1.82^a	106.7 ± 2.11^a	141.82 ± 4.31^b	168.8 ± 6.59^c	186.1 ± 1.70^c	189.67 ± 4.35^c	< 0.001
MAM (g)	101.87 ± 1.87^a	134.06 ± 3.41^b	186.36 ± 4.94^c	228.81 ± 6.54^d	252.27 ± 5.20d^e	272.07 ± 8.05^e	< 0.001
Fat mass (g)	6.07 ± 0.42^a	10.57 ± 0.64^ab	16.33 ± 2.15^bc	17.64 ± 1.75^c	16.08 ± 0.66^bc	17.66 ± 2.28^c	< 0.001
Adiposity (Fat mass g/100 g body weight)	6.74 ± 0.46^a	8.76 ± 0.45^ab	9.54 ± 1.00^b	8.51 ± 0.57^ab	7.19 ± 0.27^ab	7.20 ± 0.67^ab	< 0.05
Lean body mass (g)	83.88 ± 1.55^a	109.95 ± 2.81^b	152.58 ± 3.87^c	187.74 ± 5.21^d	207.55 ± 4.31^e	223.78 ± 6.33^e	< 0.001
Liver (g)	3.35 ± 0.42^a	3.95 ± 0.13^ab	5.21 ± 0.30^b	7.13 ± 0.29^c	8.01 ± 0.39^cd	8.48 ± 0.43^d	< 0.001
Kidney (g)	0.72 ± 0.03^a	0.88 ± 0.03^a	1.12 ± 0.04^b	1.41 ± 0.03^c	1.68 ± 0.05^d	1.73 ± 0.04^d	< 0.001
Gastrocnemius muscle	0.81 ± 0.01^a	1.17 ± 0.01^b	1.51 ± 0.03^c	1.81 ± 0.04^d	2.04 ± 0.06^de	2.16 ± 0.09^e	< 0.001
Carcass (g)	33.42 ± 0.77^a	44.48 ± 1.00^b	61.82 ± 0.94^c	77.17 ± 1.70^d	85.85 ± 1.76^e	93.95 ± 2.80f.	< 0.001
Epididymal fat (g)	0.80 ± 0.09^a	1.29 ± 0.08^a	2.08 ± 0.15^b	2.42 ± 0.23^b	2.55 ± 0.09^b	2.79 ± 0.29^b	< 0.001
Mesenteric fat (g)	1.15 ± 0.12^a	1.75 ± 0.14^ab	2.45 ± 0.30^bc	2.77 ± 0.32^bc	2.89 ± 0.17^c	3.15 ± 0.28^c	< 0.001
Retroperitoneal fat (g)	0.84 ± 0.07^a	1.51 ± 0.08^ab	2.4 ± 0.31^bc	2.98 ± 0.31^c	2.95 ± 0.16^c	3.30 ± 0.47^c	< 0.001
Subcutaneous fat (g)	3.26 ± 0.28^a	6.00 ± 0.47^ab	9.39 ± 1.52^b	9.45 ± 1.03^b	7.68 ± 0.36^b	8.40 ± 1.33^b	< 0.01
Brown adipose tissue (g)	0.36 ± 0.01^a	0.56 ± 0.02^b	0.57 ± 0.03^b	0.56 ± 0.03^b	0.52 ± 0.02^b	0.52 ± 0.04^b	< 0.001

Values are means ± SEM (n = 6 per group). ^a,b,c,dData that do not share the same letter are different at the P < 0.05 level.