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. 2021 Nov 15;128(8):1499–1508. doi: 10.1017/S0007114521004505

Table 3.

Weight increase, liver weight, metabolite and hormone plasma values of rats after dietary treatment

(Mean values with their standard errors)

Males Females ANOVA
SD diet HF diet CAF diet HP diet SD diet HF diet CAF diet HP diet
Mean se Mean se Mean se Mean se Mean se Mean se Mean se Mean se
Weight increase (g) 79·1 8·2a 82·2 6·3a 126 3·2b 68·6 1·5a 39·5 4·3a 27·5 1·6a 73·6 6·9b 31·2 1·8a D S
Final weight (g) 445 30a 436 12a 515 4·6b 444 45a 245 7·6a 262 2·8a 290 7·7b 255 8·1a D S
Energy intake (MJ) 8·76 0·44a 8·43 0·21a 19·2 0·59b 7·90 1·01a 6·32 0·24a 5·98 0·91a 16·1 0·29b 5·41 0·12a D S
Liver weight (g) 15·9 1·57a,b 13·1 0·33a 16·7 0·85b 15·1 0·15a,b 8·56 0·47a 8·14 0·19a 8·16 0·24a 7·66 0·37a S
Glucose (mM) 9·85 0·31a 9·65 0·51a 10·5 0·7a 11·2 0·6a 10·9 0·7a 8·43 0·31b 10·4 0·6a,b 10·1 0·3a,b D
Lactate (mM) 2·07 0·08a 4·71 0·49b 2·66 0·30a 4·40 0·31b 2·27 0·31a 4·01 0·28b 2·70 0·33a,c 3·70 0·29b,c D
Glycerol (mM) 0·16 0·02a 0·34 0·06a 0·18 0·03a 0·35 0·06a 0·15 0·03a 0·21 0·01a 0·22 0·02a 0·21 0·01a D S
Cholesterol (mM) 2·66 0·21a 1·65 0·08b 2·24 0·11a 1·61 0·07b 2·64 0·11a 1·58 0·21b 2·48 0·31a 1·36 0·04b D
NEFA (mM) 0·32 0·05a 0·38 0·04a 0·55 0·08a 0·45 0·06a 0·32 0·05a 0·35 0·03a 0·44 0·07a 0·44 0·06a D
TAG (mM) 1·34 0·04a 1·94 0·11b,c 1·96 0·18b 1·35 0·19a,c 1·01 0·09a 1·04 0·21a 0·98 0·08a 0·77 0·14a D S
Cholesterol/TAG 1·97 0·13a 0·90 0·10b 1·59 0·15a,c 1·13 0·13b,c 2·71 0·33a 1·90 0·21a 2·82 0·29a 1·78 0·19a D S
NEFA/TAG 0·29 0·05a 0·33 0·06a 0·24 0·03ac 0·33 0·04a 0·37 0·07a 0·49 0·08a 0·42 0·05a 0·57 0·11a S
Urea (mm) 2·98 0·31a,b 3·55 0·11a 1·98 0·15b 6·62 0·35c 2·26 0·18a,b 3·43 0·31a 1·88 0·31b 6·76 0·43c D
3OH butyrate (µm) 31·2 5·01a 48·9 4·51a 31·1 5·75a 47·2 5·50a 47·1 7·11a 62·4 11·1a 31·4 6·78a 60·6 11·1a D S
Acetoacetate (µm) 190 43·5a 159 32·4a 128 15·9a 143 12·2a 145 58·5a 183 31·4a 202 49·4a 110 25·2a
Oestradiol (ng/l) 29·1 5·24a 100 8·41b 35·9 3·82a 69·8 6·05c 57·2 4·58a 106 6·96b 59·7 6·07a 111 10·5b D S
Testosterone (µg/l) 3·18 0·28a 3·51 0·44a 3·69 0·49a 2·96 0·19a 1·16 0·07a 1·72 0·08b 1·26 0·11a 1·47 0·08a,b S
Testosterone/oestradiol 111 17·1a 36·9 6·94b 102 8·08a 41·5 5·55b 20·8 2·02a 16·1 1·27a,b 21·1 1·38a 13·2 2·11b D S

Statistical analysis: two-way ANOVA significant P-values for diet (D), sex (S) or interaction (I): P < 0 05.

Statistical significance (Bonferroni’s post hoc test) between diets is represented by different superscript letters.