Research Article

Effects of Different Vegetable Oils on the Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in C57/BL Mice

Table 3

Phenotypic comparison of C57/BL mice fed the chow, HFHFr, HFHFr/OL, HFHFr/CN, and HFHFr/S diet for 16 weeks.

ParametersControlHFHFrHFHFr/OLHFHFr/CNHFHFr/S

Liver weight (g)1.25 ± 0.201.73 ± 0.511.35 ± 0.221.38 ± 0.231.28 ± 0.35 #
Liver weight (%BW)3.50 ± 0.383.8 ± 0.733.80 ± 0.623.80 ± 0.323.4 ± 0.44
Epididymal adipose tissue (g)1.39 ± 0.472.15 ± 0.411.63 ± 0.711.57 ± 0.511.84 ± 0.86
Epididymal adipose tissue (%BW)3.99 ± 1.174.92 ± 1.074.49 ± 1.754.29 ± 1.084.89 ± 1.77
Retroperitoneal adipose tissue (g)0.35 ± 0.090.56 ± 0.130.41 ± 0.200.36 ± 0.12 #0.43 ± 0.18
Retroperitoneal (%BW)1.00 ± 0.191.27 ± 0.301.16 ± 0.531.00 ± 0.271.15 ± 0.40
Adipose tissue sum (g)1.75 ± 0.542.71 ± 0.522.04 ± 0.891.94 ± 0.622.27 ± 1.07
Adipose tissue sum (%BW)4.99 ± 1.316.19 ± 1.315.65 ± 2.215.30 ± 1.326.05 ± 2.14

Values are reported as mean ± standard deviation (n = 10 per group). Control; HFHFr; HFHFr/OL; HFHFr/CN; HFHFr/S. vs. control; vs. HFHFr. Groups: control; HFHFr, high fat and high fructose; HFHFr/OL, high fat and high fructose and 25% lard and 25% olive oil; HFHFr/CN, high fat and high fructose and 25% lard and 25% canola oil; HFHFr/S, high fat and high fructose and 25% lard and 25% soy oil.