Table 1 Dietary intakes, body composition, organ wet weights and plasma biochemistry analysis in C, CRP, H and HRP diet-fed rats

Food intake, g/d (n = 7-8)

36.3 ± 0.9^b

40.4 ± 0.7^a

27.3 ± 1.3^c

27.7 ± 2.6^c

<0.0001

0.0375

0.07

Water intake, ml/d (n = 7-8)

29.6 ± 2.6

30.9 ± 1.7

26.5 ± 2.3

29.6 ± 5.0

0.06

0.3

0.41

Energy intake, kJ/d (n = 8)

405.5 ± 10.2^d

512.7 ± 8.3^c

569.2 ± 28.7^b

655.2 ± 28.7^a

0.8041

<0.0001

<0.0001

Body weight gain (8–16 weeks),% (n = 8)

7.1 ± 1.1^bc

11.6 ± 2.6^b

19.1 ± 1.4^a

19.7 ± 1.5^a

<0.0001

0.12

0.19

Total body fat mass, g (n = 8)

77.5 ± 5.8^b

110.6 ± 10.4^b

210.8 ± 27.6^a

230.4 ± 23.1^a

<0.0001

0.23

0.85

Total body lean mass, g (n = 8)

296.9 ± 10.6

305.2 ± 3.0

296.8 ± 15.4

286.2 ± 16.0

0.67

0.42

0.31

Abdominal circumference, cm (n = 8)

18.9 ± 0.2^d

20.2 ± 0.3^c

22.1 ± 0.4^b

24.7 ± 0.5^a

<0.0001

<0.0001

0.0403

Tissue wet weights, mg/mm tibial length (n = 8)

Liver (n = 7-8)

248.8 ± 12.0^b

258.0 ± 16.4^b

332.5 ± 1.0^a

363.2 ± 8.6^a

<0.0001

0.18

0.41

Kidneys (n = 7-8)

47.92 ± 1.3^b

54.62 ± 1.7^b

57.31 ± 3.1^a

58.62 ± 1.5^a

0.0299

0.0856

< 0.0001

Spleen (n = 7-8)

17.27 ± 1.1

19.53 ± 1.2

19.1 ± 0.3

16.11 ± 1.6

0.0042

0.9573

0.1704

Plasma biochemistry analysis

Urea (mmol/L) (n = 7-8)

2.74 ± 0.62

2.94 ± 0.31

2.90 ± 0.33

2.11 ± 0.12

0.1463

0.6032

0.5296

uric acid (μmol/L) (n = 7-8)

32.6 ± 5.36^b

45.4 ± 1.37^a

26.6 ± 2.2^bc

16.4 ± 2.36^c

0.0014

0.0793

< 0.0001

Glucose, mmol/L (n = 5-8)

11.2 ± 0.61^ab

12.6 ± 1.19^a

12.4 ± 0.45^ab

9.7 ± 0.44^b

0.0118

0.4315

0.6681