Table 2.

Body weight, food intake, and feed efficiency ratio in the mice fed with experimental diets

Group	Normal control (NC)	Diabetes mellitus (DM)	Diabetes mellitus plus 10% tuber (DM + 10%-T)	Diabetes mellitus plus 30% tuber (DM + 30%-T)	Diabetes mellitus plus 0.5% leaf (DM + 0.5%-L)	Diabetes mellitus plus 5% leaf (DM + 5%-L)
Initial body weight (g)	33.4 ± 1.0	34.9 ± 1.5	34.7 ± 2.5	32.0 ± 2.0	36.0 ± 2.5	34.4 ± 3.2
Final body weight (g)	40.9 ± 2.4	39.4 ± 1.5	43.0 ± 3.6	43.3 ± 5.3	47.1 ± 6.9	41.8 ± 6.2
Weight gain (g/day)	0.152 ± 0.04	0.080 ± 0.020	0.180 ± 0.044*	0.202 ± 0.065*	0.198 ± 0.059*	0.192 ± 0.038*
Food intake (g/day)	4.50 ± 0.54	5.50 ± 0.95	5.11 ± 0.52	4.80 ± 0.86	4.70 ± 0.76	4.78 ± 0.85
Feed efficiency ratio (%)	3.22 ± 0.23	1.45 ± 0.16	3.52 ± 0.27*	4.21 ± 0.25*a	4.21 ± 0.22*	4.02 ± 0.28*

Asterisks indicate significance level compared to DM group. Letter ‘a’ indicates significance level to DM + 10%-T group. All values are presented as means ± standard deviation (n = 5). Statistical evaluation was performed using one-way ANOVA, followed by Duncan’s multiple range test, P < 0.05. Feed efficiency ratio (FER, %) = (Body weight gain (g/day)/food intake (g/day)) × 100.