Table 1
Parameters related to food ingestion and body weight variation of the experimental animals. Values expressed as mean (± standard deviation).
Groups
∆ body weight
Gastrocnemius
weight (%)
1
Muscle/Tibia
(mg/mm
3,85
)
Food Intake
(g)
Epydidimal Adipose
Tissue weight (%)
1
Sup/Ex
4.0 (.5)
.55 (.07)
1.96 (.50)
600 (54)
1.05 (.38)
Ctrl/Ex
3.9 (.6)
.62 (.02)
2.00 (.40)
615 (98)
1.26 (.20)
Sup/Sed
5.2 (.3)
†
.59 (.04)
2.16 (.60)
689 (29)
†
1.63 (.46)
†
Ctrl/Sed
5.3 (.8)
*
.59 (.04)
1.95 (.70)
740 (62)
‡
1.58 (.49)
‡
∆ body weight: final weight-initial weight/initial weight
tissue weight in relation to total body weight
* p < 0.05 when compared to Ctrl/Sed
† p < 0.05 when compared to Sup/Ex
‡ p < 0.05 when compared to Ctrl/Ex.