. 2013 Oct 18;19(1):61–68. doi: 10.1007/s40519-013-0078-z

Table 1.

General developmental and nutritional characteristics of the groups of rats (mean ± SD for 8 rats)

Lp.	Parameter	Experimental groups						ANOVA (F, p)
Lp.	Parameter	K	K/2	GI	GII	GIII	GIV	ANOVA (F, p)
1.	Diet intake (g/day/rat)	18.8 ± 1.6^b	9.9 ± 0.9^a	9.9 ± 10.0^a	9.2 ± 9.5^a	9.3 ± 9.9^a	9.7 ± 9.8^a	8.82, p < 0.001
2.	Diet intake during food serving days (g/day/rat)	18.8 ± 1.6^b	9.9 ± 0.9^a	19.7 ± 6.0^b	18.5 ± 2.7^b	19.5 ± 1.1^b	19.4 ± 1.1^b	30.2, p < 0.001
3.	Body weight gain (g/56 days)	25.5 ± 9.2^c	−41.6 ± 12.3^b	−49.0 ± 10.1^ab	−43.3 ± 12.6^b	−53.0 ± 6.6^a	−44.0 ± 8.7^ab	61.1, p < 0.001
4.	Body weight at the end of study (g)	220.4 ± 17.9^b	155.1 ± 7.4^a	149.2 ± 11.6^a	156.1 ± 11.9^a	148.1 ± 20.1^a	158.2 ± 10.9^a	27.4, p < 0.001
5.	Organ weights at the end of study (g)
	Liver (% of the body)	5.09 ± 0.66 (2.31)^b	3.79 ± 0.21 (2.44)	4.71 ± 0.81(3.16)^b	4.64 ± 0.32 (2.97)^b	4.78 ± 0.87 (3.23)^b	5.16 ± 0.65 (3.26)^b	4.1, p < 0.01
	Kidney (% of the body)	1.40 ± 0.11 (0.63)^c	1.09 ± 0.04 (0.70)^a	1.13 ± 0.09 (0.76)^ab	1.22 ± 0.10 (0.78)^b	1.11 ± 0.13 (0.75)^ab	1.21 ± 0.11 (0.76)^b	8.9, p < 0.001
	Heart (% of the body)	0.62 ± 0.05 (0.28)^c	0.53 ± 0.04 (0.34)^a	0.50 ± 0.03 (0.34)^a	0.55 ± 0.05 (0.35)^ab	0.52 ± 0.07 (0.35)^a	0.59 ± 0.07 (0.37)^bc	4.8, p < 0.01
	Spleen (% of the body)	0.40 ± 0.06 (0.18)	0.27 ± 0.04 (0.17)^a	0.26 ± 0.04 (0.17)^a	0.28 ± 0.04 (0.18)^ab	0.25 ± 0.08 (0.17)^a	0.33 ± 0.05(0.21)^b	7.7, p < 0.001

^a,b,cSignificant differences at p < 0.05 between groups