Table 2.

Comparison of the mean number of visceral adipocytes between the ayu-narezushi and the control groups at 8 and 24 weeks of age.

	8 weeks	24 weeks
Control group	59.2 ± 12.6	85.2 ± 14.5
Ayu-narezushi group	63.9 ± 5.3	100.3 ± 18.2∗

Data are expressed as mean ± standard deviation. Means were compared using Student's t-test. ^∗P < 0.05 vs. control group at 24 weeks of age.