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Table. 4. Table 4

Mean diameters of adipocyte with periovarian fat pad thickness detected in HFD mice in this study

Groups	Mean diameters (μm)		Abdominal fat pad thicknesses (mm)

	Periovarian adipocytes	Abdominal adipocytes
Controls
Intact	73.48±11.99	74.65±8.28	1.05±0.25
HFD	307.61±9.63^e	236.06±15.97^a	5.22±0.54^e
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Metformin	140.24±5.19^eg	115.10±17.14^ac	2.83±0.94^eg
Silymarin	224.24±26.58^eg	137.34±11.46^ac	3.45±0.47^eg
HBV diluted
Stock	106.40±10.01^eg	83.07±5.88^ac	1.65±0.45^eg
2-fold	125.85±9.02^eg	99.10±8.39^ac	2.10±0.17^eg
4-fold	143.40±10.82^eg	112.70± 10.49^ac	2.77±0.43^eg

Values are expressed mean ± S.D. of six mice

Abbreviations: HFD, high fat diet; HBV: herbal black vinegar

^aP<0.01 and ^bP<0.05 compared with intact control by Least Significant Difference (LSD) test
^cP<0.01 and ^dP<0.05 compared with HFD control by LSD test
^eP<0.01 and ^fP<0.05 compared with intact control by Mann-Whitney (MW) test
^gP<0.01 and ^hP<0.05 compared with HFD control by MW test

Biomed Sci Letters 2018;24:380-9 https://doi.org/10.15616/BSL.2018.24.4.380