Fig. 3: Weight retention in mice over study period.

A Weights attained from male and female mice on LFD, HFD and HFD/UV from 4 weeks of age (buy-in date of mice). HFD gave significant effect from week 6 in males (p = 0.0159). In females this effect was present from week 13 (p = 0.0134 for HFD, p = 0.0319 for HFD/UV). No significant differences between weights of mice on HFD or HFD/UV were visualised throughout the course of the work (p > 0.05), however at study endpoint a non-significant difference of 6.6% males and 7.3% females were recorded between HFD and HFD/UV treated mice. B Data expressed as percentage weight gain.