Research Article

A High-Fat Diet Exacerbates the Course of Experimental Trypanosoma cruzi Infection That Can Be Mitigated by Treatment with Simvastatin

Table 2

The body parameters.

ParametersGroups ( error)
UninfectedT. cruzi

NLDNLD+SimvasHFDHFD+SimvasNLDNLD+SimvasHFDHFD+Simvas
Food intake (g)
Body mass (g)
Liver relative mass (g)
Liver fat (g)

Equal letters indicate difference between groups using Anova two-way and Tukey posttest (). NLD: normolipidic diet; HFD: high-fat diet. Simvas: Simvastatin.