Table 1 Body weight (wt.), white adipose tissue (WAT) wt., dietary intake, liver wt., and liver TG levels in the CON and HFD groups fed different levels of vitamin D¹

22.6 ± 0.4

23.1 ± 0.4

23.2 ± 0.2

22.7 ± 0.3

22.6 ± 0.2

22.7 ± 0.7

0.24

0.56

0.49

35.8 ± 1.0^a

35.0 ± 0.4^a

34.5 ± 1.1^a

49.5 ± 0.7^c

49.5 ± 0.9^c

46.7 ± 0.8^b

<  0.001

0.06

0.42

2.91 ± 0.31^a

2.74 ± 0.22^a

2.64 ± 0.29^a

5.59 ± 0.09^b

5.90 ± 0.11^b

5.70 ± 0.21^b

<  0.001

0.79

0.50

2.96 ± 0.04

2.92 ± 0.05

2.98 ± 0.04

3.03 ± 0.05

3.11 ± 0.11

2.80 ± 0.05

0.66

0.18

0.036

3.23 ± 0.14^a

3.41 ± 0.14^a

3.34 ± 0.09^a

5.24 ± 0.13^c

4.74 ± 0.23^bc

4.37 ± 0.29^b

<  0.001

0.16

0.038

57.2 ± 5.0^a

54.6 ± 8.7^a

63.6 ± 6.4^a

138.3 ± 10.1^b

127.7 ± 12.9^b

111.7 ± 12.8^b

<  0.001

0.62

0.28