Table 2.

Food and protein intake and biometric variables of experimental groups^1,2.

Variables	G12	G26
Total food intake (g)	356 ± 29	331 ± 18
Food intake (g/day)	16.2 ± 1.3	15.1 ± 0.8
Protein intake (g/day)	1.9 ± 0.2	3.9 ± 0.2 *
Initial body weight (g)	48 ± 2	49 ± 2
Final body weight (g)	182 ± 20	185 ± 11
Body weight gain (g)/g food	0.38 ± 0.02	0.41 ± 0.03
Body weight gain(g)/g protein intake	3.36 ± 0.18	1.6 ± 0.02 *
Tibia length (mm)	33.2 ± 0.7	33.8 ± 0.6

¹ Eight rats per group; ² Mean ± SD; * Significantly different from G12 (P < 0.05).