Table 1 Change of body weight, food intake and abdominal fat for 4 weeks of experiment

BW (g)

Initial

33.53 ± 1.8

32.81 ± 1.4

32.96 ± 0.9

Final

40.51 ± 2.0^a

36.14 ± 1.1^b

40.01 ± 1.3^a

Gain

6.97 ± 2.0^a

3.30 ± 1.5^b

6.98 ± 2.0^a

Food intake (g)

Day

5.15 ± 0.1

5.87 ± 0.1

5.60 ± 0.2

Total

144.20 ± 2.9

164.40 ± 1.5

156.83 ± 4.1

Abdominal fat (g)

Epididymal

0.93 ± 0.3^a

0.69 ± 0.1^b

0.81 ± 0.2^ab

Perirenal

0.36 ± 0.1

0.25 ± 0.0

0.33 ± 0.1

Mesentery

0.78 ± 0.1^ab

0.69 ± 0.0^b

0.81 ± 0.1^a

Total

2.07 ± 0.6 ^a

1.64 ± 0.2 ^b

1.95 ± 0.4 ^ab