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Table 2 Body weight, BMI and AI of WNIN-mutant strain rats

From: Fatty acid desaturation index correlates with body mass and adiposity indices of obesity in Wistar NIN obese mutant rat strains WNIN/Ob and WNIN/GR-Ob

 

WNIN/Ob

WNIN/GR-Ob

 

Lean

Obese

Lean

Obese

Body weight (g)

314 ± 15

736 ± 22*

433 ± 13

593 ± 22*

BMI

5.4 ± 0.2

10.4 ± 0.3*

6.5 ± 0.1

9.3 ± 0.5*

AI (%)

3.1 ± 0.4

21.8 ± 1.6*

2.5 ± 0.3

16.6 ± 1.0*

  1. Values are means ± SE of 6 rats from each phenotypes. Lean and obese rats of each strain was compared and * denotes statistical significance at P ≤ 0.05 level (Student's t-test).
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