Green Tea Extract Supplementation Induces the Lipolytic Pathway, Attenuates Obesity, and Reduces Low-Grade Inflammation in Mice Fed a High-Fat Diet

Table 2

Body weight and absolute and relative tissue weight.

Parameters	CW	CG	HW	HG
Initial weight (g)	27.9±0.9	27.7±1.2	28.3±1.5	25.9±0.6
Final weight (g)	45.4±3.2	33.5±1.5^∗	40.8±1.3	33.9±1.4^#
Delta weight (g)	17.5±1.3	5.8±1.1^∗	12.5±0.9	8.0±0.7^#
Epididymal (g)	0.81±0.07	0.62±0.09	1.45±0.43^$	0.52±0.08^#
Epididymal (%)	1.78±0.16	1.85±0.17	2.89±1.12	1.41±0.19^#
Retroperitoneal (g)	0.44±0.07	0.19±0.03^∗	0.54±0.08	0.39±0.08
Retroperitoneal (%)	1.05±0.21	0.57±0.11^∗	1.35±0.20	1.14±0.22
Mesenteric (g)	0.45±0.07	0.33±0.06	0.86±0.28^$	0.23±0.04^#
Mesenteric (%)	0.96±0.12	1.05±0.23	2.16±0.72^$	0.65±0.11^#
Liver (g)	1.77±0.09	1.55±0.05	1.79±0.18	1.37±0.06
Liver (%)	3.99±0.33	4.73±0.30	4.42±0.49	4.05±0.17
Gastrocnemius (g)	0.19±0.01	0.17±0.02	0.21±0.01	0.18±0.01
Gastrocnemius (%)	0.43±0.04	0.53±0.09	0.51 ± 0.03	0.54±0.05

^∗𝑃<0.05 chow diet and green tea (CG) group versus chow diet and water (CW) group (𝑛=12). ^$𝑃<0.05 high-fat diet and water (HW) group versus CW group (𝑛=12). ^#𝑃<0.05 high-fat diet and green tea (HW) group versus HW group (𝑛=12). g: grams; %: percentage.