Maternal Manganese Restriction Increases Susceptibility to High-Fat Diet-Induced Dyslipidemia and Altered Adipose Function in WNIN Male Rat Offspring

Table 3

Food intake and body weight gain of WNIN female rats fed control and Mn-restricted diets for 16 weeks before mating.

Parameters	MnC	MnR
Food intake (g)	10.5±0.323	10.1±0.173
Body weight gain (g)	107±1.79	107±0.76
Blood Mn conc (μg/L)	14.2±4.02	9.01±2.31 *

Values are means ± SE, 𝑛=6; *𝑃<0.05 using Student’s 𝑡-test.