TABLE 1.
General characteristics of the experimental groups.
| Characteristics | SC | PL-02 | RT | PL-02 + RT | Main factor p-value |
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| RT | PL-02 | PL-02 + RT | |||||
| Initial BW (g) | 32.4 ± 0.9 | 32.3 ± 0.9 | 32.4 ± 1.1 | 32.4 ± 0.8 | 0.8940 | 0.8940 | 0.8342 |
| Final BW (g) | 37.7 ± 1.2 | 37.3 ± 1.3 | 37.1 ± 1.4 | 37.4 ± 1.4 | 0.5071 | 0.8268 | 0.4636 |
| Water intake (ml/mouse/day) | 9.45 ± 1.85 | 9.30 ± 1.16 | 9.34 ± 1.35 | 9.39 ± 1.08 | 0.9647 | 0.8405 | 0.6732 |
| Diet intake (g/mouse/day) | 7.50 ± 1.37 | 7.58 ± 1.24 | 7.60 ± 1.79 | 7.62 ± 1.70 | 0.7759 | 0.8472 | 0.9165 |
| Liver (g) | 2.06 ± 0.09 | 2.06 ± 0.10 | 2.04 ± 0.05 | 2.06 ± 0.08 | 0.8315 | 0.7658 | 0.7985 |
| Kidney (g) | 0.63 ± 0.05 | 0.62 ± 0.03 | 0.63 ± 0.07 | 0.62 ± 0.05 | 0.8950 | 0.6448 | 0.8950 |
| quadriceps (g) | 0.52 ± 0.05a | 0.54 ± 0.04ab | 0.53 ± 0.04a | 0.57 ± 0.03b | 0.2892 | 0.0470 | 0.3272 |
| Muscle (g) | 0.39 ± 0.02a | 0.41 ± 0.04ab | 0.40 ± 0.02a | 0.43 ± 0.02b | 0.0754 | 0.0046 | 0.5432 |
| Heart (g) | 0.19 ± 0.02 | 0.19 ± 0.01 | 0.19 ± 0.01 | 0.18 ± 0.01 | 0.5623 | 0.5623 | 0.1386 |
| Lung (g) | 0.23 ± 0.03 | 0.22 ± 0.02 | 0.22 ± 0.04 | 0.22 ± 0.03 | 0.5287 | 0.6058 | 0.6878 |
| BAT (g) | 0.34 ± 0.02 | 0.10 ± 0.02 | 0.10 ± 0.01 | 0.10 ± 0.03 | 0.9297 | 0.9297 | 0.3358 |
| EFP (g) | 0.34 ± 0.04 | 0.29 ± 0.10 | 0.32 ± 0.02 | 0.29 ± 0.08 | 0.7222 | 0.1769 | 0.6119 |
| Relative liver weight (%) | 5.47 ± 0.31 | 5.53 ± 0.37 | 5.52 ± 0.28 | 5.52 ± 0.29 | 0.8237 | 0.7978 | 0.7978 |
| Relative kidney weight (%) | 1.67 ± 0.16 | 1.67 ± 0.09 | 1.71 ± 0.19 | 1.67 ± 0.15 | 0.7564 | 0.6878 | 0.6878 |
| Relative quadriceps weight (%) | 1.39 ± 0.15a | 1.45 ± 0.09ab | 1.41 ± 0.07a | 1.53 ± 0.10b | 0.1704 | 0.0284 | 0.4474 |
| Relative muscle weight (%) | 1.03 ± 0.06a | 1.10 ± 0.12ab | 1.07 ± 0.07a | 1.16 ± 0.06b | 0.0675 | 0.0117 | 0.7927 |
| Relative heart weight (%) | 0.49 ± 0.04 | 0.51 ± 0.04 | 0.52 ± 0.04 | 0.48 ± 0.04 | 0.7509 | 0.6183 | 0.0589 |
| Relative lung weight (%) | 0.62 ± 0.06 | 0.60 ± 0.05 | 0.60 ± 0.11 | 0.59 ± 0.10 | 0.6882 | 0.6274 | 0.8491 |
| Relative BAT weight (%) | 0.25 ± 0.04 | 0.27 ± 0.05 | 0.27 ± 0.03 | 0.26 ± 0.07 | 0.9739 | 0.9739 | 0.2859 |
| Relative EFP weight (%) | 0.89 ± 0.12 | 0.77 ± 0.26 | 0.85 ± 0.05 | 0.78 ± 0.20 | 0.8020 | 0.1425 | 0.6521 |
Data are expressed as mean ± SD and the same row with different letters (a,b) differ significantly at p < 0.05 by two-way ANOVA. EFP, epididymal fat pad; BAT, brown adipose tissue.