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Figure 5

From: The combination of high-fat diet-induced obesity and chronic ulcerative colitis reciprocally exacerbates adipose tissue and colon inflammation

Figure 5

Percentage of epididymal adipose tissue in relation to body (A), adipocyte area (B) and average of number of crown-like structures (C) of mice from control and HFD groups (receiving standard chow or HFD, respectively) or colitis and colitis + HFD groups (receiving the respective diets and treated with 2 cycles of DSS [3%] to induce ulcerative colitis). Bars indicate the means, and vertical lines indicate standard error. n = 5 per group. Statistical tests: One-way ANOVA + Newman-Keuls post-test. Different letters indicate p < 0.05. n = 12-14 per group in (A) and (C) and 4-5 per group in (B).

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