Table 1. Body weight, wet liver weight and food intake of rats during NAFLD induction.

	Body weight at week 0 (g)	Body weight at week 8 (g)	Wet liver weight at week 8 (g)	Food intake at week 8 (ml per day)
Control	198.6±1.8a	297.0±5.1a	9.8±0.2a	N/A
NASH	199.2±1.2a	330.2±7.0b	11.6±0.3b	89.7±2.2a
LBP	199.0±2.0a	301.2±6.3a	9.7±0.3a	N/A
NASH+LBP	195.5±2.5a	324.5±5.7b	10.0±0.3a	88.1±1.5a

Abbreviations: LBP, Lycium barbarum polysaccharide; N/A, not applicable (because rats were fed with regular chow not liquid high-fat diet); NAFLD, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease; NASH, non-alcoholic steatohepatitis.

Data from each group were expressed as mean±s.e.m. (n=8). Different letters (e.g., a and b) represent statistical significance between two groups (at least P<0.05).