Table 4.

Effect of diets containing 30% meat on number and multiplicity of ACF in the colon of F344 female rats, 100 days after a single azoxymethane injection (Study #3)

Group	n	No. of ACF per colon	No. of aberrant crypt/focus	No. of ACF with 5 or more crypts/focus
control	10	137 ± 26a	2.9 ± 0.2	19.7 ± 6.8
beef	10	122 ± 60	2.9 ± 0.3	15.6 ± 9.8
chicken	10	151 ± 28	2.7 ± 0.2	18.6 ± 8.1
pork	10	151 ± 25	2.7 ± 0.3	18.1 ± 6.8
bacon	10	134 ± 21	2.4 ± 0.2b	11.1 ± 4.4c

^aMean ± SD

^bSignificantly different from the control by Dunnet test(p<0.01)

^cSignificantly different from the control by Student t- test (p=0.003) and significantly different from pork group by Student t- test (p=0,014)