Effects of olive oil and its minor phenolic constituents on obesity-induced cardiac metabolic changes

Nutrition Journal

Table 1 General characteristics and calorimetric parameters of rats after 42 days of standard fed (C), and hypercaloric fed (Ob) diets

	Groups
Parameters	C	Ob
Final body weight (g)	335.75 ± 54.32	397.66 ± 36.54^a
Surface area (g^0.7)	58.51 ± 6.60	65.96 ± 4.29^a
BMI (g/cm²)	0.54 ± 0.03	0.65 ± 0.05^a
Food consumption (g/day)	25.4 ± 4.6	25.3 ± 1.4
Energy intake (kcal/day)	70.07 ± 4.30	86.27 ± 4.09^a
VO₂ (ml/min)	3.80 ± 0.06	3.46 ± 0.11^a
VCO₂ (ml/min)	2.35 ± 0.001	2.49 ± 0.002^a
RQ	0.63 ± 0.04	0.84 ± 0.03^a
RMR (kcal/h)	1.07 ± 0.02	0.97 ± 0.01^a
VO₂/body weight (ml/h.kg)	11.58 ± 1.78	8.75 ± 0.53^a
VO₂/surface area (mL/h.g^0.7)	3.94 ± 0.42	3.15 ± 0.12^a
RQ/body weight	0.19 ± 0.03	0.21 ± 0.02
RQ/surface area	1.10 ± 0.02	1.28 ± 0.10^a
RMR/body weight (kcal/h.kg)	3.25 ± 0.04	2.46 ± 0.23^a
Fat oxidation (mg/min)	3.50 ± 0.39	1.38 ± 0.28^a
Carbohydrate oxidation (mg/min)	-	1.19 ± 0.25^a
Energy balance (kcal/day)	49.65 ± 5.51	62.93 ± 4.27ª

Values are given as mean ± SD.
C, control rats; Ob, obese rats; BMI, body mass index; VO₂ oxygen consumption; VCO₂ dioxide carbon production; RQ, respiratory quotient; RMR, resting metabolic rate.
^a p < 0.05 vs. C group.

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