Hepatic steatosis in n-3 fatty acid depleted mice: focus on metabolic alterations related to tissue fatty acid composition

Table 2 Body and tissue weight

	CT	Low n-3
Body weight (g)	22.6 ± 0.7	20.7 ± 0.4*
Liver (g/100 g body wt)	4.50 ± 0.15	3.97 ± 0.08*
Spleen (g/100 g body wt)	0.51 ± 0.06	0.37 ± 0.03*
Pancreas (g/100 g body wt)	0.67 ± 0.04	0.72 ± 0.04
Visceral adipose tissue (g/100 g body wt)	0.66 ± 0.11	0.66 ± 0.02
Ovarian adipose tissue (g/100 g body wt)	0.81 ± 0.14	1.02 ± 0.08
Sub-cutaneous adipose tissue (g/100 g body wt)	1.21 ± 0.16	1.41 ± 0.06
Caecal tissue (g/100 g body wt)	0.58 ± 0.03	0.33 ± 0.02*
Caecal content (g)	0.17 ± 0.01	0.10 ± 0.01*

Data are mean ± SEM. *: means significantly different from the CT group (P < 0.05, Student t-test). n ≥ 8 per group.

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