Metabolic and Hormonal Alterations with Diacylglycerol and Low Glycemic Index Starch during Canine Weight Loss

Table 1

Average body weight, body fat, and daily food consumption of experimental diets during the feeding period.

		Diet				P value
		LD	LT	HD	HT	Oil	Starch	Oil by starch
Body Wt, kg	week 1	15.5±1.1	15.0±1.5	14.3±1.2	14.9±0.7	ns	ns	ns
	week 8	13.1±0.8	12.6±1.2	13.2±1.4	14.1±1.1	ns	ns	ns
	Δ	−14.7±2.2	−15.8±1.4	−8.1±3.0	−6.1±3.8	ns	0.008	ns
Body fat, %	week 1	46.4±3.2	43.7±2.1	43.8±2.2	48.9±3.1	ns	ns	ns
	week 8	37.9±3.0	32.1±2.7	36.3±1.7	39.4±4.5	ns	ns	ns
	Δ	−18.4±2.2	−26.3±5.7	−16.2±5.6	−20.5±4.9	ns	ns	ns
Food intake, g		115.0±9.4	111.8±13.8	125.8±21.4	143.1±14.7	ns	ns	ns
Food intake, kJ		2065.4±187.8	1973.5±254.0	2587.9±429.8	2929.2±396.0	ns	0.038	ns

Mean ± SEM, 𝑛=6.; ns denotes no statistical difference. Δ denotes % change, (week 1–week 8) × 100. 𝑃 values are for two-way ANOVA with starch and oil as fixed factors. 𝑃 < 0.05 is considered significant.