Table 2.

Effects of UDCA and CDCA pretreatment on changes in BW, LW, and LW/BW in rats

Parameters	Groups (mean ± SD)
	C	LPS	UDCA		UDCA + LPS	CDCA		CDCA + LPS
BW (g)	218.33 ± 7.20	212.00 ± 13.25	228.00 ± 13.61	207.50 ± 17.62		218.83 ± 16.95	206.00 ± 10.54
LW (g)	6.59 ± 0.32	10.92 ± 1.02††	6.43 ± 0.32	9.35 ± 1.42		6.00 ± 0.44	9.62 ± 0.53*
LW/BW	0.030 ± 0.002	0.052 ± 0.003††	0.028 ± 0.001	0.045 ± 0.003*		0.027 ± 0.002	0.047 ± 0.002*

Data are expressed as the mean ± SD. BW- body weight; LW- liver weight; LW/BW- liver to body weight ratio; C- control group; LPS- LPS treated group; UDCA- Ursodeoxycholic acid treated group; UDCA + LPS- Ursodeoxycholic acid and LPS treated group; CDCA- Chenodeoxycholic acid treated group; CDCA + LPS- Chenodeoxycholic acid and LPS treated group. Mann-Whitney test and asterisk (*) indicate significant differences compared with LPS group * p < .05 and sign (†) indicate significant differences compared with C group † p < .05, †† p < .01