Skip to main content

Table 2 Energy ingestion, body composition and metabolic parameters of Wistar rats fed either with standard (St) or high-fat (HF) diet during 12 weeks

From: The role of I-FABP as a biomarker of intestinal barrier dysfunction driven by gut microbiota changes in obesity

 

St

HF

P value

Energy ingested (Kcal/day)

57.9 ± 0.5

72.60 ± 0.1

<0.05

Weight gain (g)

134.7 ± 9.2

205.5 ± 15.4

<0.05

Fat mass (g)

166.8 ± 8.7

206.3 ± 8.6

<0.05

Total cholesterol (mg/dL)

64.3 ± 3.1

69.8 ± 6.6

0.78

Triglycerides (mg/dL)

79.3 ± 11.5

79.2 ± 8.3

0.83

Leptin (ng/mL)

6.2 ± 1.2

19.1 ± 2.6

<0.05

GLP-2

7.0 ± 0.4

9.8 ± 0.8

<0.05

  1. Values are presented as mean ± SEM (n = 6 rats per group). GLP-2 glucagon-like peptide-2