Table 3.

Summary of mean body weight gain.

Group (mg/kg bw/d)		Body weight gain (g) between days																	Sum
		0–3	3–7	7–10	10–14	14–17	17–21	21–24	24–28	28–35	35–42	42–49	49–56	56–63	63–70	70–77	77–84	84–89	0–89
Males
Control	Mean	21.2	23.8	6.7	19.8	10.4	17.4	8.3	13.4	14.4	18.1	16.0	12.8	7.8	10.1	8.7	5.1	1.0	215.0
	SD	1.8	3.3	2.9	3.4	2.4	3.8	4.2	3.9	2.9	3.5	4.0	2.1	2.3	3.0	3.9	3.5	2.4	15.1
180	Mean	16.5	23.1	10.5	18.0	9.5	16.2	9.9	12.2	19.3	16.3	14.6	15.2	10.9	8.5	9.4	7.1	3.6	220.8
	SD	5.2	3.9	2.5	3.8	3.8	3.4	4.7	3.6	6.2	3.9	4.7	4.1	3.3	4.1	3.1	3.6	3.7	22.9
	SS	∗∗
300	Mean	10.3	21.6	7.7	16.9	8.4	13.2	10.6	9.8	16.1	13.3	14.3	12.1	9.7	10.6	11.1	0.9	4.9	191.5
	SD	7.1	4.6	4.5	6.6	3.4	2.6	4.2	3.2	4.5	9.8	3.6	2.6	3.1	3.6	2.5	8.3	6.2	30.5
	SS	∗∗					∗											∗	∗
375	Mean	−1.7	22.7	10.0	15.9	10.5	15.3	9.3	9.4	11.9	12.1	12.3	10.9	7.0	9.8	10.8	5.2	7.9	181.9
	SD	12.5	3.6	5.2	6.0	3.8	3.1	4.2	8.0	6.2	5.7	6.9	6.2	5.5	4.2	5.3	6.1	2.0	27.7
	SS	∗∗									∗							∗∗	∗∗
	n	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Females
Control	Mean	10.9	13.0	6.9	9.4	5.2	7.0	4.4	6.2	11.6	6.1	5.9	6.5	0.7	5.6	5.7	3.8	2.2	111.1
	SD	3.7	1.6	3.4	2.3	2.8	1.6	3.4	2.7	4.2	3.6	3.8	2.1	3.6	2.8	4.2	4.1	3.3	13.7
180	Mean	9.1	13.1	9.0	8.3	5.7	8.8	3.6	8.2	9.7	5.3	7.5	7.3	1.1	4.2	4.5	4.6	4.0	114.0
	SD	3.1	3.7	4.6	2.0	5.1	4.2	2.0	3.8	4.4	3.8	4.6	2.7	2.8	3.4	4.6	5.1	3.8	14.5
300	Mean	6.7	14.3	7.8	8.8	6.7	9.1	4.5	8.7	9.6	8.3	8.0	4.3	7.2	2.1	8.1	2.4	2.4	118.5
	SD	5.1	2.8	3.6	4.7	3.4	2.2	3.4	2.1	2.5	2.5	4.5	4.2	2.5	3.6	2.4	3.2	1.8	16.5
	n	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8
	SS	∗												∗∗
375	Mean	5.0	12.8	10.0	12.3	6.1	6.4	6.5	7.9	9.5	7.1	9.2	4.7	4.5	3.5	6.6	3.2	5.2	120.5
	SD	2.5	2.7	3.5	3.3	4.4	4.4	4.3	3.3	5.2	7.6	5.2	2.4	2.5	3.9	5.0	4.5	3.8	21.4
	SS	∗∗												∗∗

mg/kg bw/d, milligrams per kilogram body weight per day; SD, standard deviation; g, grams; SS, statistical significance; n, number of animals.

^∗ p < 0.05; ^∗∗ p < 0.01. n = 10 unless otherwise stated.