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Table 2.

Changes in body weight and food intake of mice during 8-week experimental period

	RD	CEDC	EG
Initial body wt, g	20 ± 1.2^a	20 ± 1.2^a	20 ± 1.2^a
Final body wt, g	39 ± 2.2^a	41 ± 2.4^a	39 ± 1.6^a
Weight gain, g/day	0.3 ± 0.1^a	0.3 ± 0.2^a	0.3 ± 0.1^a
Food intake, g/day	2.2 ± 0.1^a	2.1 ± 0.3^a	2.1 ± 0.7^a
Feeding efficiency,%	13.6 ± 0.6^a	15.2 ± 0.4^a	14.2 ± 0.5^a

n = 12 mice per group; Values in a row with different superscript letters differ significantly (p < 0.05). Feeding efficiency: (daily weight gain/daily food intake) × 100; RD: Regular diet control group; CEDC: Cholesterol-enriched diet control group; EG: Cholesterol-enriched diet + oral administration of Auricularia auricula ethanol extract experimental group