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Table 2.

Effects of EtOH and NAC on growth, body composition, and UEC

Group	BW at Euthansia, g	Weight Gain, g/day	Abdominal Fat, % BW	Liver Weight, g	Liver Weight/BW, %	Mean UEC, mg/dl
Chow	565 ± 10^a	1.65 ± 0.08^a	2.14 ± 0.18^a	17.14 ± 2.26^a	3.00 ± 0.13^b
Control	758 ± 11^d	3.13 ± 0.08^d	3.81 ± 0.25^b	21.66 ± 3.47^a,^b	2.68 ± 0.04^a
NAC	864 ± 15^e	3.95 ± 0.09^e	3.62 ± 0.46^b	29.16 ± 6.91^b	3.24 ± 0.34^b
EtOH	623 ± 15^b	2.10 ± 0.11^b	3.24 ± 0.26^b	26.25 ± 4.10^b	4.08 ± 0.06^c	196 ± 35
EtOH + NAC	689 ± 18^c	2.61 ± 0.13^c	3.51 ± 0.25^b	31.71 ± 7.88^b	4.25 ± 0.16^c	173 ± 33

Data are means ± SE for 7–11 rats/group.

Chow, ad libitum chow-fed rats; Control, rats fed high-fat diets via total enteral nutrition; NAC, rats fed control diets supplemented with 1.7 g·kg⁻¹·day⁻¹ N-acetylcysteine; EtOH, rats fed isocaloric diets with ethanol (EtOH) at 12 g·kg⁻¹·day⁻¹; EtOH + NAC, rats fed EtOH diet +1.7 g·kg⁻¹·day⁻¹ NAC; see materials and methods. BW, body weight; UEC, urine ethanol concentration. Means without a common superscript letter are significantly different (P < 0.05) by 1-way ANOVA followed by Student-Newman-Keuls post hoc analysis.