Diet-Induced Obesity Is Associated with an Impaired NK Cell Function and an Increased Colon Cancer Incidence

Table 2

Anthropometric, nutritional, and metabolic data in normal weight (control) or diet-induced obese (DIO) rats treated with NaCl or azoxymethane (AOM).

	Control		DIO		Two-way ANOVA
	NaCl	AOM	NaCl	AOM	value
Anthropometric indices
Body weight (g)	700.4 ± 25.0	672.3 ± 33.7
Visceral fat mass (g)	51.5 ± 5.0
Daily dietary intake
Food intake (g)	24.7 ± 1.6	99.6 ± 4.2	85.0 ± 5.0
Total energy intake (kJ)	364.6 ± 23.4	350.8 ± 14.2	445.8 ± 26
Energy intake from carbohydrates (KJ)	240.7 ± 15.5	231.5 ± 9.2
Energy intake from fat (KJ)	36.4 ± 2.5	35.2 ± 1.3
Energy intake from proteins (KJ)	87.5 ± 5.4	84.1 ± 0.4	75.8 ± 4.6	75.8 ± 2.1
Metabolic parameters
Triacylglycerol (mmol/L)	2.4 ± 0.3	2.0 ± 0.2	2.8 ± 0.2	2.5 ± 0.3	0.1025
Total cholesterol (mmol/L)	2.3 ± 0.2	1.9 ± 0.2		2.0 ± 0.1	0.2738
LDL (μmol/L)	258.6 ± 0.1	259.6 ± 1.0
HDL (mmol/L)	2.0 ± 0.1	1.7 ± 0.2		1.5 ± 0.1

All data are expressed as mean ± SEM of –14 animals per group. Data of kilocalories (kcal) are given in parentheses. , compared to NaCl-treated control group; , , and , compared to appropriate normal weight control; , , and , normal weight control groups compared to DIO groups.