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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Nutr Res. 2017 Feb 4;39:51–60. doi: 10.1016/j.nutres.2017.02.004

Table 2.

Small intestine resection and final organ weights (median ± IQR)

Control DHA-ALT p
Resected SI, g/kg 29.5 ± 2.2 28.7 ± 4.9 0.92
Resected SI, cm/kg 119 ± 7.0 138 ± 3.4 0.17
Jejunum, g/kg 5.2 ± 1.4 5.1 ± 0.5 0.92
Jejunum, cm/kg 21.2 ± 6.7 16.5 ± 3.8 0.60
Ileum, g/kg 5.3 ± 1.2 7 ± 1.4 0.05
Ileum, cm/kg 17.5 ± 4.7 19.2 ± 4.4 0.33
Liver, g/kg 36.3 ± 2.5 37.0 ± 4.2 0.71
Brain, g/kg 14.0 ± 1.6 11.6 ± 2.3 0.09

IQR: Interquartile range; SI: Small Intestine; DHA-ALT: Treatment group with Docosahexaenoic acid with Advanced Lipid Technology