Table 3. Effect of DMH treatment for 20 weeks on body weights of rats.

Weeks	Normal Control-20 wks	DMH-20 wks
0	198.4±3.84	198±6.97
2	199.6±0.84	201±10.32
4	208.4±5.37	227.3±5.09
6	207.7±2.12	242.45±5.44ya
8	226.1±3.53	253.45±1.48xa
10	242.3±2.4	248.2±7.77
12	266.3±14.28	260.55±2.47
14	292.4±10.46	262.05±4.17ya
16	317.9±2.96	266.35±2.61za
18	326.1±4.1	290.4±3.25za
20	344±5.93	291.55±2.75za

Weight in grams

Data are presented as Mean ± SD

n = 6 for normal control group and n = 12 for treatment group

^x p<0.05

^y p<0.01

^z p<0.001

^a vs control