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Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Acta Scientiarum. Biological Sciences, 4(38), p. 451

DOI: 10.4025/actascibiolsci.v38i4.31714

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Use of murinometrics indices and bioelectrical impedance (BIA) in the determination of experimental obesity in oophorectomized rats

Journal article published in 2016 by Alex Soares Marreiros Ferraz ORCID, Ruan Carlos Macêdo de Moraes ORCID, Naiza Arcângela Ribeiro de Sá ORCID, Francisco Teixeira Andrade ORCID, Maria do Carmo De Carvalho E. Martins ORCID, Vânia Marilande Ceccatto ORCID
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Abstract

In this study, we tested the use of murinometric indices and bioimpedance (BIA) to determine obesity in rats. Female Wistar rats (8 weeks/130-160 g) were divided into control and oophorectomy group. The Body Mass Index (BMI) and Lee index (LI) were used as anthropometric techniques to determine obesity, and the determination of body composition by BIA, as a way to partition body weight into fat mass and lean mass components. The dissection of muscle tissues and adipose deposits was used as a direct determination of body fat content. The groups had body weight gain (p