Table 2 Body weights, food intakes, organ weights and plasma lipid levels.

Initial body weight (g)

30.0 ± 0.3

30.1 ± 0.3

30.8 ± 0.4

Final body weight (g)

36.7 ± 0.5^a

35.3 ± 0.7^a

32.1 ± 1.1^b

Food intake (g/day)

6.1 ± 0.1^a

5.8 ± 0.2^a

5.1 ± 0.3^b

Organ weights

   Liver (mg/g BW)

46.9 ± 1.3^a

46.3 ± 1.3^a

40.2 ± 0.9^b

   Pancreas (mg/g BW)

9.6 ± 0.2^a

10.2 ± 0.2^a

11.2 ± 0.3^b

   Mesenteric WAT (mg/g BW)

21.2 ± 0.9

21.1 ± 0.4

19.1 ± 1.2

   BAT (mg/g BW)

7.2 ± 0.5

7.1 ± 0.4

7.6 ± 0.4

   Skeletal muscle (mg/g BW)

8.8 ± 0.3

8.6 ± 0.3

9.1 ± 0.5

Plasma lipid parameters

   Triglyceride (mg/dL)

259.2 ± 21.1^a

237.3 ± 15.7^a

129.1 ± 23.7^b

   Total cholesterol (mg/dL)

112.7 ± 8.2

99.4 ± 5.9

109.7 ± 4.6

   Free fatty acid (mEq/L)

0.49 ± 0.03

0.48 ± 0.02

0.48 ± 0.03