Table 2 Body, testis, and epididymis weight, and total sperm number recovered from cauda epididymides of the mice from different diet groups at 19 or 31 weeks of age.

From: In Utero and Postnatal Exposure to High Fat, High Sucrose Diet Suppressed Testis Apoptosis and Reduced Sperm Count

Treatment

n

Body wt. (g)

Testis (mg)

Epididymis (mg)

Cauda epididymis (mg)

Sperm count

19w CD-CD

10

29.1 ± 0.6a

200.5 ± 4.7

83.0 ± 3.2

30.4 ± 1.5

23.5 × 106 ± 2.1 × 106

19w CD-HFHS

19

32.1 ± 1.1b

210.0 ± 3.4

78.8 ± 2.3

28.1 ± 1.1

18.8 × 106 ± 1.6 × 106

19w HFHS-CD

7

28.8 ± 0.8a

199.6 ± 5.7

74.1 ± 3.8

26.3 ± 1.8

21.0 × 106 ± 2.6 × 106

31w CD-CD

11

30.1 ± 0.5a

195.0 ± 4.0a

83.3 ± 3.9a

31.9 ± 1.4a

39.9 × 106 ± 2.2 × 106a

31w CD-HFHS

11

36.0 ± 0.4b

200.9 ± 4.1a,b

72.2 ± 3.7b

27.0 ± 1.3b,c

29.0 × 106 ± 2.1 × 106b

31w HFHS-CD

7

28.1 ± 0.6c

202.3 ± 5.5a,b

85.7 ± 5.5a

31.6 ± 2.0a,b

30.1 × 106 ± 3.1 × 106b

31w HFHS-HFHS

5

37.9 ± 0.7d

212.3 ± 6.0b

77.4 ± 5.5a,b

25.4 ± 2.0c

21.3 × 106 ± 3.1 × 106c

  1. a,b,c,dMeans with different superscripts, within each age group, within a column differ (P < 0.05).