Table 2.

Effect of DSS on body weight, spleen weight, ratio of spleen to body weight, and colon length in each group.

	GF-WA	BF-WA	GF-DSS	BF-DSS
Body weight (g)	28.07 ± 0.82	25.87 ± 0.89	26.69 ± 0.73#	25.12 ± 0.73
Spleen weight (g)	0.064 ± 0.009	0.062 ± 0.012	0.098 ± 0.023#	0.070 ± 0.009*
Spleen/body weight (%)	0.22 ± 0.03	0.23 ± 0.06	0.37 ± 0.06#	0.28 ± 0.09*
Colon length (cm)	8.4 ± 0.3	7.6 ± 0.4	6.3 ± 0.4#	6.8 ± 0.4*
Occult index	0 ± 0	0 ± 0	3.8 ± 0.5#	1.3 ± 0.5*

WA: water.

^# P < 0.05 compared with GF-WA; *P < 0.05 compared with GF-DSS.