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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Sep 27.
Published in final edited form as: Clin Exp Metastasis. 2009 Mar 8;26(5):415–424. doi: 10.1007/s10585-009-9239-x

Figure 2. Food Intake and Weight Gain.

Figure 2

A) The average kcal consumed per animal per day was calculated. Of the three diets, the animals on the low fat diet ate the most, followed by the high stearate diet and then the safflower oil diet. Each group's intake was significantly different from the other two diets (§p value of stearate (A) vs. low fat <0.001; ¥p value of low fat vs. safflower <0.001; *p value of stearate (A) vs. safflower <0.001 by ANOVA). B) The weight of the animals was measured once a week for the duration of the experiment. Although differences were observed at individual weeks in the experiment, overall no significant change was seen. (n=14-21 per diet per week; §p value of stearate (A) vs. low fat <0.05; *p value of stearate vs. safflower <0.05 by ANOVA). The second stearate group was not different from the first and was therefore not represented on the graphs. C) The total weight gain of the animals at week 10 was determined. The weight does not include the weight of the tumors removed from the animals. No significant difference was observed between the three groups.