A Moderate Zinc Deficiency Does Not Alter Lipid and Fatty Acid Composition in the Liver of Weanling Rats Fed Diets Rich in Cocoa Butter or Safflower Oil

Table 2

Food and ME Zn intake and final body weights of male weanling rats fed high-fat diets differing in Zn content and fat source free choice or in restricted amounts for 4 wk.

		Diet groups					2 × 2 ANOVA: P level
		LZ-CB	HZ-CBR	LZ-SF	HZ-SFR	HZ-SF	Zn	Fat	Zn × fat
Food intake	g DM/d						0.70	<0.001	0.44
ME intake	kJ/d						0.73	<0.001	0.45
ME intake	kJ/g BWG						0.005	<0.001	0.052
Zn intake	μg/g BWG						<0.001	0.001	0.062
Final body weights	g						0.31	<0.001	0.21

LZ-CB, low-Zn (7.8 μg Zn/g DM) cocoa butter (CB) diet fed free choice; HZ-CBR, high-Zn (53 μg Zn/g DM) CB diet fed in restricted amounts equivalent to the intake of the LZ-CB diet; LZ-SF, low-Zn (7.8 μg Zn/g DM) safflower oil (SF) diet fed free choice; HZ-SFR, high-Zn (53 μg Zn/g DM) SF diet fed in restricted amounts equivalent to the intake of the LZ-SF diet; HZ-SF, HZ-SF diet fed free choice.
Values are means ± SD, . Labeled means in a row without a common letter differ by 1-factor ANOVA followed by Tukey’s multiple-comparison test, .
Bifactorial ANOVA of the LZ-CB, HZ-CBR, LZ-SF, and HZ-SFR diet groups.
1-factor and bifactorial ANOVA after logarithmic transformation of the data.
BWG, body weight gain; DM, dry matter; ME, metabolizable energy.