Table 4 Weight and lipid content in the white and brown adipose tissues (BAT) of rats maintained with the control (CC and LC) or overfeeding diets (CO and LO)
Variables | Groups | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CC | CO | LC | LO | |||||||||
n | Mean | SEM | n | Mean | SEM | n | Mean | SEM | n | Mean | SEM | |
Weight IBAT (g) | 6 | 0.468 | 0.1 | 6 | 0.391# | 0.1 | 6 | 0.652* | 0.1 | 6 | 0.501*# | 0.1 |
Lipid content IBAT (g/total tissue) | 6 | 0.20 | 0.1 | 6 | 0.16# | 0.1 | 6 | 0.34* | 0.1 | 6 | 0.23*# | 0.1 |
Lipid content IBAT (g/100g tissue) | 6 | 48.7 | 3.2 | 6 | 50.1 | 3.4 | 6 | 61.3* | 2.1 | 6 | 52.5* | 4.4 |
Weight RWAT (g) | 6 | 9.1 | 0.5 | 6 | 12.1# | 0.8 | 6 | 10.1 | 0.4 | 6 | 12.5# | 0.9 |
Weight RWAT (g/ 100g BW) | 6 | 2.5 | 0.1 | 6 | 2.6# | 0.3 | 6 | 2.7* | 0.1 | 6 | 3.10*# | 0.1 |
Lipid content RWAT (g/total tissue) | 8 | 3.5 | 0.3 | 7 | 4.9# | 0.4 | 7 | 3.7 | 0.4 | 8 | 4.1# | 0.3 |
Lipid content RWAT (g/100g tissue) | 8 | 39.6 | 2.1 | 7 | 38.0 | 1.5 | 7 | 38.6 | 2.5 | 8 | 33.6 | 1.3 |
Weight EWAT (g) | 6 | 6.6 | 0.5 | 6 | 8.7# | 0.7 | 6 | 8.3 | 0.7 | 6 | 9.7# | 0.8 |
Weight EWAT (g/ 100g BW) | 6 | 1.8b | 0.1 | 6 | 2.2a | 0.1 | 6 | 2.4a | 0.1 | 6 | 2.2a | 0.2 |
Lipid content EWAT (g/total tissue) | 8 | 2.8 | 0.1 | 8 | 3.3# | 0.2 | 7 | 2.7 | 0.3 | 8 | 3.2# | 0.2 |
Lipid content EWAT (g/100g tissue) | 8 | 35.7 | 0.8 | 8 | 36.4 | 0.6 | 6 | 34.3 | 1.2 | 7 | 34.3 | 0.7 |