CIDEA and hydrops fetalis: In agreement with the above data, mice fed a high fat diet for the entire period (HF-HF) exhibited a statistically significant 3.8-fold increase in CIDE-A expression (0.21, 0.45, 0.24 and 0.30 vs 0.11, 0.18, 0.02 and 0.01 for HF and control, respectively).