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. 2024 Mar 21;12:e17110. doi: 10.7717/peerj.17110

Table 1. Body weights, food, water and emulsifiers consumption of the groups (mean ±SD).

	Groups (n:6)
Parameters	Control	CMC	Lecithin	CMC+Inulin	Lecithin+Inulin	P value
Body weights (baseline) (g)	16.8 ±2.16	16.1 ±2.01	17.2 ±2.87	17.3 ±2.11	16.0 ±2.40	0.808
Changes in body weight (%)	70.7 ±24.28	66.4 ±19.10	54.2 ±13.97	55.3 ±20.20	51.9 ±8.75	0.308
Food (g/day)	4.0 ±0.59^a	3.6 ±0.59^a	3.5 ±0.30^a	2.9 ±0.66^b	3.1 ±0.64^b	<0.001^**
Water (ml/day)	7.3 ±1.39	6.7 ±0.84	7.6 ±1.08	7.0 ±1.17	7.8 ±1.11	0.199
Emulsifiers (mg/day)	–	67.3 ±8.43	75.6 ±10.81	70.3 ±11.68	77.6 ±11.12	0.083

Notes.

^{a, b}

There are statistical differences between the means having the different superscripts on the same line.

^**

p < 0.001.

CMC: Carboxymethyl cellulose