Table 4.

Ascites volume in each group

Group	n	Ascites volume (mL, x̅ ± SD)
Sham operated group	8	0.19 ± 0.08
		0 min	3 h	24 h
Disease model group	8	0.48 ± 0.10▲▲▲	1.15 ± 0.12▲▲▲	0.99 ± 0.08▲▲▲
Treatment group	8	0.30 ± 0.08Δ,◆◆	0.46 ± 0.05ΔΔΔ,◆◆◆	0.43 ± 0.07ΔΔΔ,◆◆◆

Sham vs Disease;

^▲▲▲ P < 0.001.

Sham vs Treatment;

^Δ P < 0.05;

^ΔΔΔ P < 0.001.

Disease vs Treatment;

^◆◆ P < 0.01;

^◆◆◆ P < 0.001.