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Table 3 Effect of Control, wheat bran and barley based diets on weight gain, organ and tissue weights of lean and obese Zucker rats1

From: Cereal based diets modulate some markers of oxidative stress and inflammation in lean and obese Zucker rats

 

Lean

Obese

    
 

Control

Wheat bran

Barley

Control

Wheat bran

Barley

SEM

Phenotype

Diet

P * D

Final body weight (g)

420 a

420 a

438 a

612 b

574 b

646 b

16.9

0.0001

0.034

0.244

Weight gain (g/wk)

20.6 a

20.3 a

21.9 a

33.3 b

29.5 b

35.9 b

1.2

0.0001

0.006

0.121

Organ weights (g)

          

   Liver

9.4 a

10.5 a

10.3 a

21.0 c

18.1 bc

16.7 b

0.77

0.0001

0.109

0.005

   Heart

1.11

1.10

1.16

1.17

1.24

1.23

0.034

0.007

0.346

0.554

   Kidney

1.1 a

1.1 a

1.2 ab

1.4 b

1.3 b

1.4 b

0.05

0.0001

0.349

0.591

Adipose tissue weights (%BW)2

1.7 a

1.6 a

1.7 a

2.6 b

2.8 b

2.4 b

0.2

0.0001

0.757

0.437

   Mesenteric

1.9 a

1.9 a

1.9 a

3.0 b

3.4 b

2.9 b

0.2

0.0001

0.398

0.470

   Epididymal

2.2 a

2.2 a

2.0 a

5.9 b

5.5 b

5.3 b

0.4

0.0001

0.541

0.852

Retroperitoneal

Inguinal

3.2 a

3.3 a

2.9 a

17.6 b

17.9 b

16.4 b

1.5

0.0001

0.805

0.936

  1. 1A different letter in the same row denotes significant difference, P < 0.05. Data is presented as a mean and pooled SEM, n = 8.
  2. 2 %BW, data is expressed as a percentage of rat body weight