Lipids in Health and Disease

Table 3 Characteristics of the total, fat and lean groups of rats.

From: Visceral fat mass determination in rodent: validation of dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry and anthropometric techniques in fat and lean rats

	total n = 29		lean n = 15		fat n = 14
	Mean ± SD	Range	Mean ± SD	Range	Mean ± SD	Range	p^a
Age (months)	11	11-11	11	11-11	11	11-11	NS
Total body weight (g)	676,63 ± 82,35	521,86-902,47	627,06 ± 62,80	521,86-744,44	729,73 ± 647,64	647,64-902,47	0.001
Total body Fat (g)	202,03 ± 66,80	103,96-393,84	159,01 ± 39,16	103,96-248,47	248,12 ± 59,47	1170,75-393,84	0.001
P Fat (%)	29,36 ± 6,83	19,30-43,64	25,33 ± 5,52	19,30-35,63	33,68 ± 5,38	24,76-43,64	0.001
ex-vivo Fat Mass (g)	43,87 ± 18,40	19,35-77,5	28,86 ± 6,41	19,35-40,47	59,96 ± 12,08	59,96-12,08	0.001
CFM (g)	48,88 ± 19,44^b	21,2-99,2	34,63 ± 9,32 ^b	21,2-57,5	64,14 ± 15,35 ^b	41,9-92,2	0.001
AC (cm)	24,90 ± 2,04 (SE = 0.38)	22-29	23,43 ± 1,29 (SE = 0.33)	22-26	26,46 ± 1,42 (SE = 0.38)	24-29	0.001

CFM = Central Fat Mass; AC = Abdominal circumference; SE = Standard Error; ^a Comparison by unpaired t-test between fat rats (n = 14) and lean rats (n = 15); ^b CMF significantly different of ex-vivo Fat Mass (paired t-test. p < 0.05); n = 29

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