. 2014 Dec 6;14:470. doi: 10.1186/1472-6882-14-470

Table 2.

Body, liver, and aorta weights of hamsters in different groups

	Control	HF	Post FO	Post SP	Post SF	Pre-SF	HF + SF
Body weight, g
Week 0	110.2 ± 3.3^a	112.6 ± 8.5^a	112.0 ± 12.3^a	111.7 ± 9.5^a	112.2 ± 9.3^a	112.6 ± 7.8^a	110.5 ± 11.1^a
Week 4	120.1 ± 11.0^b	113.9 ± 10.0^ab	112.3 ± 11.6^ab	114.2 ± 11.7^ab	113.5 ± 12.6^ab	129.7 ± 10.0^c	110.1 ± 8.6^a
Week 8	134.3 ± 14.6^b	117.4 ± 10.5^ab	119.0 ± 12.6^ab	125.2 ± 8.9^b	118.1 ± 12.0^ab	132.5 ± 10.1^b	110.9 ± 8.8^a
Change in body weight, g	14.2 ± 5.7^c	3.5 ± 8.5^ab	6.7 ± 4.2^b	10.9 ± 7.2^bc	4.7 ± 6.9^ab	2.9 ± 6.7^ab	0.8 ± 2.8^a
Food intake, g/day	7.6 ± 0.1^d	7.5 ± 0.3^d	6.9 ± 0.1^b	7.5 ± 0.1^d	6.6 ± 0.3^b	7.2 ± 0.2^c	5.8 ± 0.6^a
Food efficiency, %	7.6 ± 3.3^c	0.5 ± 1.3^ab	3.6 ± 2.3^bc	5.4 ± 3.6^c	2.6 ± 3.9^b	1.5 ± 3.4^ab	0.5 ± 1.9^a
Liver wet weight, g	4.3 ± 0.7^a	7.3 ± 0.8^c	6.1 ± 0.7^b	6.0 ± 0.9^b	6.2 ± 0.8^b	7.1 ± 0.8^c	6.8 ± 0.6^c
Relative liver weight, %	3.2 ± 0.3^a	6.4 ± 0.7^d	5.1 ± 0.3^bc	4.8 ± 0.5^b	5.3 ± 0.5^c	5.4 ± 0.3^c	6.1 ± 0.5^d
Aorta wet weight, mg	33.0 ± 1.4^ab	34.3 ± 2.1^b	32.4 ± 4.3^a	32.6 ± 1.6^ab	33.5 ± 1.5^a	32.4 ± 1.3^a	34.1 ± 1.4^b
Relative aorta weight, %	0.02 ± 0.001^a	0.03 ± 0.003^bc	0.03 ± 0.003^b	0.03 ± 0.003^ab	0.03 ± 0.003^b	0.02 ± 0.002^a	0.03 ± 0.003^c

Data are presented as mean ± SD (n = 12/group). Values in a row not sharing the same superscript letter are significantly different at p < 0.05. HF: high fat diet + cholesterol; post FO: fish oil diet after induction with HF diet; post SP: spirulina diet after induction with HF diet; Post SF: spirulina and fish oil diet after induction with HF diet; Pre-SF: pre-treatment with spirulina and fish oil diet before induction with HF diet; HF + SF: HF diet combined with spirulina and fish oil.