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Table 3 Anthropometric parameters and food intake

From: High dietary cholesterol and ovariectomy in rats repress gene expression of key markers of VLDL and bile acid metabolism in liver

Variables

SD

SD + Chol (0.25 %)

HF + Chol (0.25 %)

Sham

Ovx

Sham

Ovx

Sham

Ovx

Final body weight (g)

353.9 ± 11.3

439.6 ± 14.5***

347.5 ± 8.7

431.6 ± 25.7***

391.6 ± 13.7

467.4 ± 15.6***

Intra-abdominal fat pad weights (g)

29.2 ± 4.4

39.3 ± 3.7**

26.6 ± 2.6

40.2 ± 4.9**

38.7 ± 3.8

43.8 ± 2.6**

Food intake (kcal/day)

82.7 ± 4.3

99.8 ± 4.2***

81 ± 2.5

95.7 ± 7.0***

94.9 ± 4.7†δ

110.1 ± 4.2***†δ

Uterus (g)

0.50 ± 0.03

0.10 ± 0.01***

0.51 ± 0.07

0.10 ± 0.01***

0.47 ± 0.05

0.11 ± 0.01***

  1. SD standard diet, HF + Chol (0.25 %) high fat + cholesterol, Ovx ovariectomised, Sham sham operated
  2. Values are mean ± SE with n = 8 rats per group
  3. **Significantly different from the sham groups (P < 0.01), ***(P < 0.001)
  4. Significantly different from SD diet (P < 0.05)
  5. δSignificantly different from SD+ Chol diet (P < 0.05)