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

Table 3

Characterization of colon tumors in normal weight (control) or diet-induced obese (DIO) rats treated with azoxymethane (AOM).

	Control	DIO
Tumor number and localization
Animals per group	12	11
Total tumor number	6	9
Proximal colon tumors	3	3
Distal colon tumors	3	6
Tumor type
Adenoma	3	1
Adenocarcinoma	3	8
Tumor parameters
Tumor size	25.88 ± 12.87	47.72 ± 13.28
Tumor weight	6.81 ± 4.79	14.53 ± 4.66

are expressed as mean ± SEM.