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. 2021 Oct 21;16(10):e0258942. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0258942

Fig 1. Diet consumption, body weight and body composition in BKS-db/db mice.

Fig 1

a. Diet consumption. Chow consumption was calculated starting at 6 weeks of age for 12 weeks (mice at 6 weeks of age was defined as 0 week). BKS-db/db-Control, untreated BKS-db/db mice (n = 5); BKS-db/db-SHAM, BKS-db/db mice with sham surgery (n = 4), and BKS-db/db-RYGB, BKS-db/db mice with RYGB (n = 5). b. Weight loss and gain. BKS-db/db-Control, untreated BKS-db/db mice (n = 8); BKS-db/db-PF, pair-fed BKS-db/db mice (n = 5); BKS-db/db-SHAM-PF, BKS-db/db mice underwent sham surgery and were pair-fed (n = 6), and BKS-db/db-RYGB, BKS-db/db mice with RYGB (n = 8). c. Fat and lean mass changes. Body composition was measured by a NMR analyzer, as described in the Methods and our previous report [16]. Fat and lean mass were expressed as fat or lean mass percentage of body weight. LEAN, chow fed C57BL/6 mice (n = 6); Control, untreated BKS-db/db mice (n = 8); SHAM-PF, BKS-db/db mice with sham surgery and pair-feeding (n = 6), and RYGB, BKS-db/db mice with RYGB (n = 8). *: BKS-db/db RYGB vs. BKS-db/db Control, p < 0.05, and BKS-db/db RYGB vs. BKS-db/db SHAM-PF, p = 0.1, from the first week to 12 weeks post-surgery.