Table 1.

Energy intake, body composition, and serum parameters of hamsters fed with a NFD (CTRL group) or a HFD (HFD group) in the 8th week of the study.

	Control (Week 8) (n = 9)	HFD (Week 8) (n = 18)
Cumulative food intake (kcal)	205.45 ± 14.08	198.81 ± 16.78
Biometric variables
Body weight (g)	123.05 ± 5.14	120.76 ± 7.08
Fat mass (%)	11.94 ± 3.20	12.37 ± 2.14
Lean mass (%)	84.89 ± 3.26	84.09 ± 2.12
Lean/fat ratio	7.83 ± 3.22	7.04 ± 1.51
Serum parameters
CHOL (mM) *	4.96 ± 0.66	8.30 ± 0.66

Data are shown as the mean ± SD. * indicates the significant difference (p < 0.05) between groups detected by Student’s t-test.