Table 1. Body mass, fat mass, liver mass, liver and serum triglyceride (TAG) levels in mice fed an ALA enriched diet either alone or in combination with Bifidobacterium breve NCIMB 702258 or B. breve DPC 6330 or an unsupplemented diet for 6 weeks.

	CON		ALA-CON		ALA+NCIMB 702258		ALA+DPC 6330
	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD
Initial weight (g) n = 10	19.06a,b	0.39	19.82a	0.49	19.05b	0.90	19.52a,b	0.63
Final weight (g) n = 10	20.37	0.72	21.13	0.66	20.21	1.10	21.19	0.96
Weight gain (%) n = 10	6.87	3.55	6.65	3.25	6.12	3.36	8.54	3.32
Visceral fat mass (g)2 n = 9	0.61	0.16	0.75	0.14	0.70	0.17	0.78	0.21
Liver TAG (mg/g) n = 10	16.26b	2.49	12.89a	1.71	10.03c	2.03	9.79c	1.12
Serum TAG (mg/dL) n = 10	80.21	31.68	58.31	16.38	73.62	14.45	70.98	16.60

^a,b,cMean values within a row with unlike superscript letters were significantly different (P < 0.05 ANOVA followed by post hoc Tukey’s multiple comparison test). ²Includes epididymal, perirenal and mesenteric fat pads.