## 3 Results
### Effects of FF on Fasting Blood Glucose Levels  
We investigated the effects of FF on fasting blood glucose regulation in mice fed HFDs, where fasting blood glucose levels were measured at four and eight weeks of the experiment (Table 3). At four weeks, fasting blood glucose levels significantly increased in the HFD group compared to the NFD (\(p\) < 0.05). Similarly, at eight weeks, a significant increase in fasting blood glucose was noted from 80.4 \(\pm\) 5.8 mg/dL in the NFD group to 124.4 \(\pm\) 3.4 mg/dL in the HFD group (\(p\) < 0.05). Compared to the HFD group, the GTE group showed significant differences, with fasting blood glucose levels measured at 90.2 \(\pm\) 4.2 mg/dL and 96.3 \(\pm\) 4.8 mg/dL at four and eight weeks, respectively. Furthermore, the FF 125 and 250 groups exhibited significant reductions in fasting blood glucose levels compared to the HFD group (\(p\) < 0.05). Specifically, at four weeks, fasting blood glucose levels decreased to 98.2 \(\pm\) 1.4 mg/dL and 96.4 \(\pm\) 2.0 mg/dL in the FF 125 and FF 250 groups, respectively. Similarly, at eight weeks, significant reductions were observed, with fasting blood glucose levels of 114.2 \(\pm\) 3.9 mg/dL and 104.4 \(\pm\) 3.3 mg/dL in the FF 125 and FF 250 groups, respectively (Table 3). \begin{table}
\begin{tabular}{c c c c c c c} \hline  & **NFD** & **HFD** & **GTE** & **FF 50** & **FF 125** & **FF 250** \\ \hline Initial body weight (g) & 28.5 \(\pm\) 0.5 \({}^{\mathrm{NS}}\) & 28.7 \(\pm\) 0.5 & 28.6 \(\pm\) 0.4 & 28.6 \(\pm\) 0.9 & 28.5 \(\pm\) 0.4 & 28.6 \(\pm\) 0.4 \\ Final body weight (g) & 42.4 \(\pm\) 1.3 \({}^{\mathrm{c}}\) & 56.9 \(\pm\) 1.5 \({}^{\mathrm{a}}\) & 51.3 \(\pm\) 1.9 \({}^{\mathrm{abc}}\) & 55.2 \(\pm\) 1.5 \({}^{\mathrm{ab}}\) & 53.7 \(\pm\) 1.5 \({}^{\mathrm{abc}}\) & 48.8 \(\pm\) 1.6 \({}^{\mathrm{bc}}\) \\ Body weight gain (g/day) & 1.99 \(\pm\) 0.15 \({}^{\mathrm{d}}\) & 4.02 \(\pm\) 0.18 \({}^{\mathrm{a}}\) & 3.25 \(\pm\) 0.22 \({}^{\mathrm{ab}}\) & 3.81 \(\pm\) 0.16 \({}^{\mathrm{ab}}\) & 3.60 \(\pm\) 0.21 \({}^{\mathrm{abc}}\) & 2.89 \(\pm\) 0.24 \({}^{\mathrm{c}}\) \\ Food intake (g/day) & 3.28 \(\pm\) 0.30 \({}^{\mathrm{NS}}\) & 3.09 \(\pm\) 0.25 & 3.41 \(\pm\) 1.59 & 3.03 \(\pm\) 0.50 & 3.24 \(\pm\) 1.24 & 2.93 \(\pm\) 0.69 \\ FER (\%) & 0.61 \(\pm\) 0.05 \({}^{\mathrm{d}}\) & 1.30 \(\pm\) 0.06 \({}^{\mathrm{a}}\) & 0.95 \(\pm\) 0.07 \({}^{\mathrm{c}}\) & 1.26 \(\pm\) 0.05 \({}^{\mathrm{ab}}\) & 1.11 \(\pm\) 0.07 \({}^{\mathrm{abc}}\) & 0.99 \(\pm\) 0.08 \({}^{\mathrm{bc}}\) \\ \hline  & & & & & & \\ \end{tabular}
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Table 2: Effects of fermented fig (FF) on body weight and food intake of the HFD-fed mice. \begin{table}
\begin{tabular}{c c c c c c} \hline  & \multicolumn{4}{c}{**Fasting Blood Glucose (mg/dL)**} \\ \cline{2-5}  & **NFD** & **HFD** & **GTE** & **FF 50** & **FF 125** & **FF 250** \\ \hline
4 weeks & 75.9 \(\pm\) 5.5 \({}^{\mathrm{c}}\) & 114.8 \(\pm\) 4.2 \({}^{\mathrm{a}}\) & 90.2 \(\pm\) 4.2 \({}^{\mathrm{bc}}\) & 101.0 \(\pm\) 1.8 \({}^{\mathrm{ab}}\) & 98.2 \(\pm\) 1.4 \({}^{\mathrm{b}}\) & 96.4 \(\pm\) 2.0 \({}^{\mathrm{b}}\) \\
8 weeks & 80.4 \(\pm\) 5.8 \({}^{\mathrm{c}}\) & 124.4 \(\pm\) 3.4 \({}^{\mathrm{a}}\) & 96.3 \(\pm\) 4.8 \({}^{\mathrm{bc}}\) & 111.0 \(\pm\) 2.9 \({}^{\mathrm{ab}}\) & 114.2 \(\pm\) 3.9 \({}^{\mathrm{b}}\) & 104.4 \(\pm\) 3.3 \({}^{\mathrm{b}}\) \\ \hline \end{tabular} \multicolumn{5}{c}{The results were expressed as mean \(\pm\) SEM (\(n\) = 8). NFD, mice treated with only DW; HFD, mice treated with HFD and DW; GTE, mice treated with HFD and green tea extract (GTE) 50 mg/kg; FF, mice treated with HFD and FF (50, 125, and 250 mg/kg). \({}^{\mathrm{ac}}\) The different variables were significantly different at \(p\) < 0.05 among the groups, as determined by [PERSON]’s analysis. \({}^{\mathrm{NS}}\) This letter did not indicate a significant difference among the groups.  
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Table 3: Effect of fermented fig (FF) on fasting blood glucose level of the HFD-fed mice.