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. 2014 Jan 20;9(1):e83437. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0083437

Table 2. Dietary intake and organs weight parameters.

Sedentary Exercised
CAS WP WPH CAS WP WPH
Mean SEM Mean SEM Mean SEM Mean SEM Mean SEM Mean SEM
Diet intake/day 23.40 0.76 22.70 0.49 24.89 0.63 24.9 1.12 22.83 1.08 23.45 0.90
Protein intake 53.42 4.21 56.13 6.30 58.63 4.00 63.79 7.02 54.14 5.10 56.82 3.36
PER1 4.21 0.09 4.08 0.07 4.17 0.07 3.80 0.04 4.21 0.06 4.16 0.07
Weight start 62.42 3.30 56.30 3.34 56.18 3.38 58.67 2.57 56.77 2.52 59.88 3.12
Body mass gain 224.95 9.14 229.35 8.18 244.83 5.16 242.94 8.93 228.37 6.81 236.47 5.99
FEC2 0.50 0.01 0.49 0.01 0.50 0.02 0.46 0.03 0.50 0.01 0.49 0.01
Heart * 0.36 0.01 0.36 0.01 0.34 0.01 0.35 0.01 0.37 0.02 0.37 0.01
Lung * 0.51 0.01 0.51 0.01 0.52 0.01 0.53 0.01 0.56 0.02 0.5 0.01
Spleen * 0.25 0.01 0.29 0.01 0.25 0.01 0.29 0.01 0.29 0.01 0.28 0.01
Kidney * 0.35 0.01 0.36 0.01 0.35 0.01 0.35 0.01 0.37 0.01 0.39 0.01
Gastrocnemius * 0.52 0.01 0.52 0.02 0.50 0.02 0.53 0.01 0.55 0.01 0.53 0.01
Soleus * 0.03 0.002 0.03 0.001 0.03 0.002 0.03 0.003 0.03 0.001 0.03 0.001
1

Protein efficiency ratio;

2

Food efficiency coefficient.

Diets: CAS – Casein (control), WP – Whey protein, WPH – Whey protein hydrolysate.

*

tissue weight related to body weight (100 g).