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Table 2 Anthropometry, dietary status, and weight of organs and white adipose tissues during obesity induction period by high fat diet in rats

From: Germinated brown rice ameliorates obesity in high-fat diet induced obese rats

Groups

NC 1

HFD 2

 Body weight (g)

  

  Initial

221.36 ± 24.33a

218.86 ± 21.10a

  Final

335.09 ± 19.28a

420.70 ± 41.71b

 Body weight gain (g)

113.73 ± 15.88a

202.61 ± 34.50b

 Lee index

0.29 ± 0.00a

0.31 ± 0.00b

 Body mass index

0.60 ± 0.02a

0.70 ± 0.04b

 Food intake (g/day/rat)

15.80 ± 4.48a

16.44 ± 1.10a

 Energy intake (kcal/day/rat)

61.63 ± 17.46a

89.03 ± 7.27b

 Feed efficiency (g/g)

0.13 ± 0.02a

0.22 ± 0.04b

 Feed efficiency (g/kcal)

0.03 ± 0.00a

0.04 ± 0.01b

Groups

NC 3

HFD 3

 Organ weight (g/100 g BW)

  

  Liver

2.26 ± 0.05a

2.75 ± 0.21a

  Kidney

0.32 ± 0.01a

0.33 ± 0.00a

 White adipose tissue weight (g/100 g BW)

0.66 ± 0.09a

4.86 ± 0.25b

  Abdominal

0.58 ± 0.02a

2.69 ± 0.29b

  Epididymal

0.53 ± 0.13a

1.69 ± 0.17b

  Perirenal

0.19 ± 0.05a

0.48 ± 0.07b

  1. Values with different superscripts in a row indicate significant difference (p < 0.05) by Independent-Samples T test
  2. NC normal diet, HFD high-fat diet
  3. 1 Values are expressed as means ± SD (n = 11)
  4. 2 Values are expressed as means ± SD (n = 35)
  5. 3 Values are expressed as means ± SD (n = 3)