Table 1 Characteristics of the rats: type of diets, morphological and pathological data.

From: Obesity-induced pancreatopathy in rats is reversible after bariatric surgery

Type of Diet

HFD3 N = 9

HFD6 N = 9

ND3 N = 9

ND6 N = 6

HFD3-bariatric surgery N = 30

HFD

HFD

ND

ND

HFD

Duration of diet before sacrifice (months)

3

6

3

6

3

Weight before sacrifice (gram)*

595 [464–695]

817 [697–1083]

521 [494–626]

585 [538–644]

579.5 [488–692]

Number of fibrosis and ADM spots*§

0.41 [0–0,84]

0.95 [0–5]

0 [0–1.85]

0 [0–1.3]

0 [0–4.7]

Number of HHF lesions*§

2.05 [0–6.28]

6.05 [2.88–21.7]

0 [0–0]

0 [0–2]

0.9 [0–10.8]

Number of iron deposits*§

3.4 [0–6.28]

4.43 [0–21.75]

0 [0–0.4]

0 [0–1.3]

1,3 [0–19]

Number of adipocytes*§

34.7 [5.7–119.3]

65.35 [1–141.8]

15.5 [0–27.7]

11 [0–34.6]

10.7 [0–66.7]

  1. HFD, high fat diet; ND, normal diet; ADM, acinar-ductal metaplasia; HHF lesions: hypertrophy, hyper-vascularization and fibrosis involving islets.
  2. *Expressed as median and range per specimen.
  3. §Data expressed as a ratio: number of lesions per cm2.