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Table 2.

Zinc concentrations in plasma, femur, and liver of weanling rats fed different diets for four weeks.

DIET GROUP	PLASMA Zn (μg/mL)	FEMUR Zn (μg/g FRESH WT)	LIVER Zn (μg/g FRESH WT)
LZ-CB	0.97^b	51^b	27.7^a
HZ-CBR	1.41^d	137^d	29.8^a
LZ-SF	0.63^a	39^a ^†	27.3^a
HZ-SFR	1.18^c	123^c	28.2^a
HZ-SF	1.08^bc	127^cd	29.2^a
SEM^‡	0.036	2.5	0.87
P value^¶	<0.001	<0.001	0.258

Notes:

^a,b,c,d

Means (n = 8) not sharing common superscript letters within columns significantly differ (P < 0.05; Tukey test).

^†

n = 7.

^‡

Pooled standard error of the mean.

^¶

Significance of difference among diet groups by one-way ANOVA.

LZ-CB, fed the LZ diet (7 mg Zn/kg) with 22% CB free choice; HZ-CBR, fed the HZ diet (50 mg Zn/kg) with 22% CB in restricted amounts according to intake in the LZ-CB group; LZ-SF, fed the LZ diet with 22% SF oil free choice; HZ-SFR, fed the HZ diet with 22% SF oil in restricted amounts according to intake in the LZ-SF group; and HZ-SF, fed the HZ diet with 22% SF oil free choice.