Table 1.
Body weights change of each group fed with different treatments
| Group | Pre-intervention | Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8 | P-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week | Group | Week ∗ group | ||||||||||
| Sham | 207.83 ± 12.7 | 212.36 ± 13.43 | 216.09 ± 13.75 | 219.45 ± 11.79 | 221.9 ± 11.32 | 221.27 ± 12.55 | 223.54 ± 12.16 | 224.09 ± 11.57 | 223.9 ± 11.61 | 0.003* | 0.002* | < 0.001* |
| PCOS control | 241.25 ± 16.2 | 247.18 ± 13.85 | 255.27 ± 12 | 258.27 ± 10.77 | 258.18 ± 9.4 | 260.63 ± 9.28 | 264 ± 8.24 | 265 ± 8.78 | 269.45 ± 8.76 | |||
| Metformin | 240.33 ± 21.64 | 243.8 ± 22.38 | 251.9 ± 20.61 | 245.3 ± 18.58 | 242.2 ± 17.1 | 239.7 ± 16.6 | 237.8 ± 16.07 | 236.5 ± 16.02 | 234.4 ± 17.01 | |||
| Caraway | 236.25 ± 20.91 | 241.63 ± 21.36 | 252.9 ± 21.22 | 247.45 ± 21.6 | 243.27 ± 21.16 | 240.81 ± 20.39 | 237.54 ± 21.8 | 235.72 ± 21.28 | 233.45 ± 22.75 | |||
| Thylakoids | 238.5 ± 27.9 | 248.81 ± 32.48 | 258.9 ± 34.45 | 252.81 ± 34.17 | 249.63 ± 33.69 | 248.36 ± 33.69 | 246.9 ± 34.5 | 245.18 ± 34.24 | 243.63 ± 32.81 | |||
Sham Non PCOS induced rats that received distilled water, PCOS control PCOS induced rats that received distilled water, Metformin PCOS induced rats that received metformin, Caraway PCOS induced rats that received Caraway aqueous extract, Thylakoids PCOS induced rats that received thylakoid extract
Data expressed as Mean ± SD, all differences were considered significant at P ≤ 0.05