Table 2.

Changes in body weight, food intake and liver weight intake during the experimental period.

	Young	Old	BHB 10	BHB 100	CR
Body Weight
Initial (g)	609.5±23.1	756.3±10.0	758.3±14.6	752.0±13.4	752.0±18.2
Final (g)	631.8±14.4	789.0±14.2	699.3±23.9	706.5±13.6	699.5±15.4
Food Intake
Initial (g)	21.2±1.4	22.7±0.7	18.1±1.1	19.3±0.7	13.1
Final (g)	23.0±0.9	25.3±1.5	20.5±0.9	20.8±1.6	15.1
Liver weight (g)	20.5±0.77	29.9±1.56###	25.1±0.57*	23.9±0.20**	23.4±0.32**
Liver weight/Body weight(g/g)	0.032±0.0012	0.038±0.0020#	0.036±0.0008	0.034±0.0003*	0.033±0.0005*

Data are expressed as mean ± SEM. Significance:

^#p < 0.05,

^###p < 0.001 vs. Young (6 months);

^*p < 0.05,

^**p < 0.01 vs. Old (24 months)