Lipids in Health and Disease

Table 8 Influence of the incorporation of Irvingia gabonensis fat on the relative weight of some vital organs for male and female rats

From: Irvingia gabonensis fat: nutritional properties and effect of increasing amounts on the growth and lipid metabolism of young rats wistar sp

Diets	Organs (g)
	liver	lungs	kidney	spleen	heart
Male (n = 5)
IG₀	5.93 ± 0.79	1.00 ± 0.34	1.20 ± 0.26	0.35 ± 0.08	0.57 ± 0.14
IG₁	4.75 ± 0.50^a**	0.84 ± 0.05^a	1.49 ± 0.36^a	0.36 ± 0.08^a	0.52 ± 0.03^a
IG₂	4.75 ± 0.16^a**	0.82 ± 0.11^a	1.09 ± 0.28^a	0.28 ± 0.04^a	0.47 ± 0.04^a
IG₃	4.85 ± 0.18^a**	1.28 ± 0.80^a	1.17 ± 0.30^a	0.40 ± 0.21^a	0.54 ± 0.05^a
Female (n = 5)
IG₀	0.50 ± 0.22	1.01 ± 0.26	1.33 ± 0.19	0.31 ± 0.07	0.51 ± 0.08
IG₁	4.98 ± 0.35^a	1.07 ± 0.23^a	1.27 ± 0.17^a	0.42 ± 0.08^a*	0.54 ± 0.05^a
IG₂	4.93 ± 0.32^a	0.91 ± 0.05^a	1.34 ± 0.12^a	0.32 ± 0.06^a	0.55 ± 0.04^a
IG₃	5.07 ± 0.46^a	0.88 ± 0.13^a	1.40 ± 0.51^a	0.32 ± 0.05^a	0.55 ± 0.07^a

In the columns, the values affected of the same letter are not significantly different (P > 0.05) and the value with different letter are significantly different (P < 0.05). (Bonferroni between treated animals).
* Significantly different from fat control in the same sex (P < 0.05). (Dunnett's)
**significantly different from fat control in the same sex (p < 0.01). (Dunnett's)

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