A High-Fat Diet Enriched with Low Omega-6 to Omega-3 Fatty Acid Ratio Reduced Fat Cellularity and Plasma Leptin Concentration in Sprague-Dawley Rats

Table 3

Body composition, fat accretion, and inguinal fat cellularity of rats (Mean ± SEM).

Treatment groups	CTRL	HFAR	MFAR	LFAR
Live weight (g)	456.9 ± 10.6^a	510.6 ± 13.2^b	511.8 ± 15.0^b	502.50 ± 17.0^b
Actual carcass Weight (g)	291.6 ± 8.6^a	333.8 ± 8.7^b	330.1 ± 10.4^b	311.5 ± 11.3^ab
Total muscle (g)	187.1 ± 5.1^a	207.5 ± 5.6^b	208.2 ± 5.6^b	195.8 ± 7.9^ab
Inguinal fat (g)	10.64 ± 1.29^a	17.14 ± 1.40^b	13.98 ± .98^ab	14.12 ± 1.38^ab
Retroperitoneal fat (g)	6.67 ± 1.05^a	12.16 ± 0.90^b	10.67 ± 1.02^b	9.51 ± 1.02^ab
Mesenteric fat (g)	4.46 ± 0.49^a	6.31 ± 0.51^b	6.89 ± 0.64^b	6.61 ± 0.42^b
Epididymal fat (g)	5.67 ± 0.61^a	7.99 ± 0.72^b	7.71 ± .77^b	6.33 ± 0.49^ab
Anterior fat (g)	12.9 ± 1.6^a	17.8 ± 1.5^b	16.1 ± 1.0^ab	14.9 ± 0.9^ab
Total visceral fat (g)	18.4 ± 2.3^a	29.0 ± 2.0^b	27.6 ± 2.5^b	24.4 ± 1.8^ab
Total subcutaneous fat (g)	23.5 ± 2.9^a	34.8 ± 2.8^b	30.1 ± 1.8^ab	29 ± 2.2^ab
Total fat (g)	41.9 ± 5.0^a	63.8 ± 4.7^b	57.7 ± 4.0^b	53.4 ± 3.9^ab
Fat to lean mass ratio	0.22 ± 0.04^a	0.31 ± 0.02^b	0.28 ± 0.02^ab	0.27 ± 0.02^ab
Adipocyte number ∗ 10^5/g	7.2 ± 3.3^a	6.7 ± 4.6^a	9.2 ± 3.6^b	8.5 ± 5.1^b
Adipocyte diameter ∗ 10^6 µm/g	30.6 ± 1^a	46.2 ± 2.8^b	35.1 ± 3.8^a	37.3 ± 1.8^a

 ^a,bValues with different superscripts within rows are significantly different at 𝑃<0.05. CTRL: Control group; HFAR: High n-6: n-3 fatty acid ratio group; MFAR: Medium n-6: n-3 fatty acid ratio group; LFAR: Low n-6: n-3 fatty acid ratio group.