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. 2022 Apr 27;9:896503. doi: 10.3389/fnut.2022.896503

TABLE 1.

General characteristics of the experimental groups.

Characteristics SC PL-02 RT PL-02 + RT Main factor p-value
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.