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. 2015 Mar 17;2015:740716. doi: 10.1155/2015/740716

Table 1.

Effect of barley bran supplementation for 8 weeks on organs weight in hypercholesterolemic rats.

Organs weight
g
Statistics G1 G2 G3 G4
−ve control +ve control 5% barley bran 10% barley bran
Heart Mean ± SE 7.41 ± 0.30a 8.51 ± 0.30b 6.91 ± 0.22c 7.21 ± 0.27b
LSD 0.05 = 0.103
t-test −4.19*** 4.39*** 2.58*

Liver Mean ± SE 0.56 ± 0.06a 0.65 ± 0.07b 0.66 ± 0.06a 0.63 ± 0.03a
LSD 0.05 = 0.579
t-test −0.88* −0.15NS 0.19NS

Right kidney Mean ± SE 0.60 ± 0.05a 0.71 ± 0.01b 0.66 ± 0.04a 0.66 ± 0.02a
LSD 0.05 = 0.077
t-test −2.15* 1.16NS 2.23NS

Left kidney Mean ± SE 0.78 ± 0.03a 0.66 ± 0.02b 0.63 ± 0.03a 0.66 ± 0.04a
LSD 0.05 = 1.103
t-test 2.90* 1.00NS 0.00NS

Right testes Mean ± SE 1.13 ± 0.07a 1.31 ± 0.06d 1.13 ± 0.06c 1.08 ± 0.03b
LSD 0.05 = 0.106
t-test −1.43** 4.56** 3.07**

Left testes Mean ± SE 1.16 ± 0.05a 1.26 ± 0.03b 1.13 ± 0.07c 1.16 ± 0.04b
LSD 0.05 = 0.330
t-test −1.16* 1.86* 1.22*

Data are represented as mean ± SE. t-test values; *** P < 0.001. ANOVA analysis: within each row, means with different superscript (a, b, c, or d) are significantly different at P < 0.05, whereas means superscripts with the same letters mean that there is no significant difference at P < 0.05. LSD: least significant difference. *Significant, **highly significant and ***very high significant.