Electroacupuncture Prevents Osteoarthritis of High-Fat Diet-Induced Obese Rats

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Effect of electroacupuncture on body weight and the lipid metabolic profile of obese rats. (a) After 12-week feeding, body weight of rats fed with HFD gradually increased to be overweight than that of chow-fed rats. Data were expressed as (6 rats in control and 24 rats in HFD); , , and analyzed by two-tailed Student’s -test. (b) Body weights were measured after 2-week electroacupuncture treatments. (c) Serum levels of total cholesterol (TC), triglyceride (TG), high-density lipoprotein (HDL), and low-density lipoprotein (LDL) were measured after 2-week electroacupuncture treatments. All data are expressed as the ( per group). Post hoc ANOVA was used to test for statistical significance. , , and versus the control group; , , and versus the DIO-KOA group.

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