Effect of Dietary Cocoa Tea (Camellia ptilophylla) Supplementation on High-Fat Diet-Induced Obesity, Hepatic Steatosis, and Hyperlipidemia in Mice

Table 5

Fat pad weights of mice fed normal chow or a high-fat diet with or without green tea or cocoa tea supplementation at different concentrations.

	N	HF	HFLG	HFHG	HFLC	HFHC
Epididymal fat pad wt. (mg)	397±52	1467±165^∗∗∗	442±64^###	233±19^###	632±50^###	329±31^###
Epididymal fat pad wt./body wt. (g/100 g)	1.55±0.17	4.46±0.37^∗∗∗	1.77±0.21^###	1.07±0.08^###	2.35±0.16^###	1.42±12^###
Perirenal fat pad wt. (g)	139±25	517±55^∗∗∗	135±19^###	67±6^###	232±20^###	88±12^###
Perirenal fat pad wt./body wt. (g/100 g)	0.54±0.08	1.58±0.13^∗∗∗	0.54±0.06^###	0.31±0.03^###	0.86±0.07^###+	0.38±0.05^###
Inguinal fat pad wt. (g)	257±52	752±135^∗∗∗	258±41^###	205±10^###	394±32^##	214±20^###
Inguinal fat pad wt./body wt. (g/100 g)	0.99±0.17	2.25±0.34^∗∗∗	1.03±0.14^###	0.95±0.06^###	1.47±0.10^#	0.92±0.08^###

Values represent means ± SEM (𝑛=10).
Significant difference between N and HF mice using one-way ANOVA: ***P < 0.001.
Significant difference between HF and HFLG, HFHG, HFLC, and HFHC mice using one-way ANOVA: ^#P < 0.05, ^##P < 0.01, ^###P < 0.001.
Significant difference between HFLG and HFLC mice using one-way ANOVA: ⁺P < 0.05.