Table I.

Other indices of PEM.

	Total food intake/57 days (g)*	Serum albumin concentration (g/l)†
Control	837.3 ± 13.4	46.7 ± 0.1
PEM	690.4 ± 39.8‡	38.2 ± 0.1¶

Values expressed as mean ± SEM;

^*Food intake is based on cage data [n = 3 (4 animals/cage)];

^† n = 11 (Control) and n = 12 (PEM);

^‡ p = 0.025 as compared to controls, based on unpaired t-test;

^¶p < 0.001 as compared to controls, based on unpaired t-test.