Table 2 Tissue weights in diet induced obese mice fed 0.5% Ca (Control), 1.5% Ca (High-Ca), or 1.5% Ca + nonfat dry milk (High-Ca + NFDM)¹

Tissue

Control

High-Ca

High-Ca + NFDM

Liver (g)

1.2 ± 0.03^a

1.7 ± 0.07^b

1.1 ± 0.02^{a, c}

Liver (% body weight)

3.5 ± 0.05^a

4.1 ± 0.12^b

3.7 ± 0.06^{a, c}

Gastrocnemius muscles (mg)

301 ± 3.6^a

311 ± 4.2^b

288 ± 2.9^c

Gastrocnemius muscles (% body weight)

0.9 + 0.01^a

0.8 ± 0.02^b

1.0 ± 0.01^c

Brown adipose tissue (mg)

176 ± 8.3^a

299 ± 12.1^b

98 ± 4.1^c

Brown adipose tissue (% body weight)

0.5 ± 0.02^a

0.7 ± 0.02^b

0.3 ± 0.01^c

Spleen (mg)

73 ± 1.6^a

86 ± 2.5^b

66 ± 1.8^c

Spleen (% body weight)

0.2 ± 0.00

0.2 ± 0.01

0.2 ± 0.01