Ovariectomy and overeating palatable, energy-dense food increase subcutaneous adipose tissue more than intra-abdominal adipose tissue in rats

Table 4 Body composition data at study end

	BM	FFBM	Body fat		TAT fat		non-TAT fat
	g	g	g	/FFBM	g	/FFBM	g	/FFBM
Ch-Intact	301 ± 11	266 ± 7	37 ± 4	0.14	28 ± 4	0.10	9 ± 1	0.03
Ch-OVX	357 ± 10**	296 ± 9*	61 ± 3*	0.21**	42 ± 2**	0.14**	18 ± 3*	0.06*

Fat-free body (FFBM) and body-fat masses measured at study end (d 42) by chemical carcass analysis and partitioning of fat between the TAT and non-TAT compartments of chow-fed intact (CH-Intact; n = 6) and ovariectomized rats (CH-OVX; n = 7). FFBM is body mass - body fat. Fat content of TAT was calculated using the factor of 84% determined in the present study. Data (mean ± SEM) are absolute levels and, for fat data, are also normalized to FFBM. Data were analyzed by t-tests.
*Different from CH-Intact, P < 0.05; **P < 0.01.

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