. 2015 Nov 27;58(1):48–55. doi: 10.3164/jcbn.15-71

Table 2.

Body weight and serum Zn, Fe, Mg, and Ca concentration in C, HZ, and EZ groups

	C	HZ	EZ
Body weight (g)
Initial	91.09 ± 1.30^a	90.87 ± 1.32^a	91.51 ± 1.26^a
Final	254.88 ± 6.90^a	228.04 ± 6.91^a	156.80 ± 8.56^b
Food Intake (g/day)	16.10 ± 0.47^a	14.98 ± 0.04^a	10.84 ± 0.46^b
Serum
Zinc (µM)	21.09 ± 0.60^a	47.09 ± 4.59^a	117.09 ± 12.63^b
Iron (µM)	28.52 ± 1.23^a	16.76 ± 1.44^b	7.16 ± 0.27^c
Magnesium (mM)	0.76 ± 0.04^a	0.74 ± 0.05^a	0.83 ± 0.02^a
Calcium (mM)	3.10 ± 0.10^a	3.16 ± 0.11^a	2.90 ± 0.15^a

Values are expressed as means ± SEM for each group. Rats fed a control diet (C), a high zinc diet (HZ), and an excessive zinc diet (EZ). ^a,b,cValues with different superscript letters are significantly different, p<0.05.