Table 3.

Effects of EA on the body weight (n = 10; $\overline{\mathrm{x}}$ ± s; g).

Groups	0 Week	1 Week	2 Weeks	3 Weeks	4 Weeks	5 Weeks	6 Weeks	7 Weeks	8 Weeks
CON	194.21 ± 14.20	214.02 ± 15.63	263.72 ± 14.22	306.32 ± 6.98	323.77 ± 5.51	340.52 ± 7.85	368.68 ± 14.73	391.24 ± 14.58	418.02 ± 10.78
CUMS	195.68 ± 12.85	198.6 ± 8.31	234.44 ± 5.27	256.03 ± 9.28	287.72 ± 9.30	305.55 ± 15.46 **	324.46 ± 13.70	341.28 ± 10.76	351.44 ± 8.89
BBG	197.13 ± 4.76	195.18 ± 4.80	238.90 ± 4.25	255.44 ± 4.22	280.82 ± 7.43	303.52 ± 7.03 **	334.86 ± 11.98	355.22 ± 11.76 ◊	380.27 ± 13.64 ◊◊
EA	192.94 ± 8.47	196,88 ± 5.90	234.20 ± 2.60	258.20 ± 4.18	281.41 ± 19.08	307.69 ± 5.57 **	330.50 ± 5.18	352.08 ± 5.79	370.44 ± 8.47 ◊◊

Data were expressed as mean ± SD. ** p < 0.01, compared with the CON group; ^◊ p < 0.05, ^◊◊ p < 0.01, compared with the CUMS group.