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Table 3 Daily food intake, changes in body weights, and relative organ weights in hamsters fed one of the five diets

From: Effects of hawthorn seed oil on plasma cholesterol and gut microbiota

 

NCD

HCD

LHSO

HHSO

PCD

p value

Daily food intake (g/d)

8 ± 0

9 ± 1

9 ± 1

9 ± 1

9 ± 1

0.95

Body weight (g)

 Initial

115 ± 9

114 ± 7

114 ± 9

115 ± 7

117 ± 10

0.96

 Final

133 ± 13

128 ± 11

133 ± 12

134 ± 10

137 ± 16

0.77

Relative organ weight (% body weight)

 Heart

0.4 ± 0.0a

0.3 ± 0.0b

0.3 ± 0.0b

0.3 ± 0.0b

0.3 ± 0.0ab

0.01

 Testis

3.1 ± 0.3

2.6 ± 0.7

2.4 ± 0.7

2.9 ± 0.3

2.2 ± 0.8

0.08

 Kidney

0.8 ± 0.2

0.8 ± 0.0

0.8 ± 0.1

0.7 ± 0.0

0.8 ± 0.1

0.99

 Perirenal adipose tissue

1.5 ± 0.5

1.5 ± 0.3

1.4 ± 0.2

1.5 ± 0.2

1.5 ± 0.2

0.91

 Epididymal adipose tissue

2.1 ± 0.6

1.8 ± 0.3

1.6 ± 0.1

1.9 ± 0.3

1.9 ± 0.4

0.28

 Liver

4.9 ± 0.7bc

5.7 ± 0.6a

5.2 ± 0.4ab

5.3 ± 0.3ab

4.6 ± 0.3c

 < 0.01

  1. NCD, Non-cholesterol diet; HCD, 0.15% Cholesterol diet; LHSO, Hawthorn seed oil substituting 50% lard; HHSO, Hawthorn seed oil substituting 100% lard, PCD, HCD with 0.5% cholestyramine
  2. Data is expressed as mean ± S.D., where different letters in superscript indicate statistical difference, p < 0.05