Table 1 Anthropometric indices in five groups of rats (CS, CF, FT, FD and FTD)

Body length (cm)

24.1 ± 0.83

24.25 ± 0.88

24.12 ± 0.83

24.50 ± 1.19

23.75 ± 1.83

Initial body weight (g)

256.62 ± 20.49

238.62 ± 6.27

237.37 ± 21.38

244.25 ± 11.28

254.87 ± 21.16

Final body weight (g)

348 ± 39.73

352.37 ± 16.10

361.75 ± 38.69

348.62 ± 43.24

370.75 ± 44.62

Body weight gain (g/day)

91.37 ± 34.30

113.75 ± 11.17

124.37 ± 21.11

104.0 ± 41.85

117.12 ± 25.42

Specific rate of body mass gain (g/kg)

0.35 ± 0.14

0.47 ± 0.03

0.52 ± 0.07 ^a

0.42 ± 0.17

0.45 ± 0.08

Waist circumference (cm)

17.50 ± 0.92

18.87 ± 1.12

17.50 ± 0.92

18.12 ± 1.45

17.37 ± 1.06

Lee index

0.29 ± 0.01

0.29 ± 0.13

0.29 ± 0.11

0.28 ± 0.01

0.30 ± 0.26

Liver weight (g)

8.67 ± 0.39 ^b

12.31 ± 1.92

10.28 ± 0.95 ^b

10.28 ± 1.33 ^b

10.06 ± 0.88^b

Relative weight (g/100 g body weight)

2.52 ± 0.36 ^b

3.49 ± 0.56

2.86 ± 0.30 ^b

2.95 ± 0.22 ^b

2.72 ± 0.31 ^b