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. 2019 Sep 5;19:246. doi: 10.1186/s12906-019-2669-3

Table 2.

Food intake, body weight gain, and food efficiency ratio

Group Food intake (g/day) Body weight gain (g/day) Food efficiency ratio (FER, %)
C57bl/6-Nr 2.71 0.082 ± 0.01 3.02 ± 0.33
HFD-CTL 2.67 0.427 ± 0.01 15.97 ± 0.39 +++
HFD-GK 245 mg/kg 2.01 0.299 ± 0.02 14.89 ± 0.94
HFD-YST 300 mg/kg 2.23 0.262 ± 0.01 11.73 ± 0.67 ***

Normal diet group: C57bl/6 J-Nr; HFD-control group: HFD-CTL; HFD plus 245 mg/kg Garcinia cambogia extract: HFD-GK; HFD plus 300 mg/kg YST: HFD-YST. The values are expressed as mean ± SEM (n = 6). +p < 0.05, ++p < 0.01, and +++p < 0.001 compared with C57bl/6 J-Nr, and *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, and ***p < 0.001 compared with HFD-CTL