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Table 1 Animal characteristics

From: Effects of habitual exercise and dietary restriction on intrahepatic and periepididymal fat accumulation in Zucker fatty rats

Characteristics

Study groups

L

Sed

Sed + DR

Tr + DR

Body weight, g

299.2 ± 6.0

447.3 ± 11.9***

341.0 ± 7.5*§§§

339.6 ± 11.5*§§§

Food intake, g/day

20.8 ± 0.5

34.3 ± 0.7***

24.4 ± 0.1***§§§

24.5 ± 0.6***§§§

Running distance, m/day

NS

NS

NS

2553 ± 425

Liver weight, mg/g BW

31.6 ± 0.7

51.3 ± 3.4***

42.6 ± 3.9*

36.9 ± 1.0§§

Soleus muscle weight, mg/100 g BW

43.2 ± 0.6

28.1 ± 1.1***

24.8 ± 0.8***

36.3 ± 1.2***§§§†††

  1. All values are expressed as the mean ± SEM (n = 6 per group). *P < 0.05 and ***P < 0.001 vs. the L group. §§ P < 0.01 and §§§ P < 0.001 vs. the Sed group. ††† P < 0.001 vs. the Sed + DR group. L, lean control group; Sed, sedentary group; Sed + DR, sedentary + dietary restriction group; Tr + DR, training + dietary restriction group; NS, not significant.
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BMC Research Notes

ISSN: 1756-0500

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