Research Article

A Hyperlipidic Diet Combined with Short-Term Ovariectomy Increases Adiposity and Hyperleptinemia and Decreases Cytokine Content in Mesenteric Adipose Tissue

Table 2

Body weight, tissue weight, sum of adipose tissue depots, carcass protein, and lipid content of studied rats groups.

SHAM CSHAM HOVX COVX H

Body weight (g)
 Initial 116.39 ± 4.32116.24 ± 3.24106.71 ± 4.24114.99 ± 6.06
 Final239.58 ± 7.33247.70 ± 11.43232.77 ± 7.49# 279.26 ± 9.82
Carcass protein content (g/100 g)18.45 ± 1.0717.94 ± 1.2422.81 ± 0.9521.76 ± 0.95
Carcass lipid content (g/100 g)13.18 ± 0.9712.04 ± 0.67# 13.55 ± 1.4018.08 ± 1.91
RET adipose tissues (g/100 g)1.00 ± 0.091.19 ± 0.121.21 ± 0.171.59 ± 0.17
PAR adipose tissues (g/100 g)1.28 ± 0.151.35 ± 0.130.90 ± 0.181.25 ± 0.12
MES adipose tissues (g/100 g)1.04 ± 0.100.79 ± 0.101.15 ± 0.191.49 ± 0.17
Sum of adipose tissue depots3.31 ± 0.243.34 ± 0.233.28 ± 0.464.30 ± 0.31
Liver2.35 ± 0.262.50 ± 0.082.66 ± 0.122.97 ± 0.14
GAST0.99 ± 0.050.83 ± 0.040.93 ± 0.050.93 ± 0.04

The numbers of samples varied between six and eight. as compared to the SHAM C; as compared to OVX H; as compared to SHAM H.