. 2020 Aug 25;7:555. doi: 10.3389/fvets.2020.00555

Table 3.

Body weight, BCS, and caloric consumption by obesification group and time point (study week) during weight loss.

Group	Baseline	1 week	4 weeks	8 weeks	12 weeks¹
Body weight (kg)
ObN	16.4 ± 0.7^b^,^#	16.0 ± 0.8^b^,^c^,^#^,^$	15.0 ± 1.1^b^,^$	13.7 ± 1.3^b^,^%	12.9 ± 1.5^b^,^%
ObP	17.2 ± 1.4^b^,^#	17.0 ± 1.1^c^,^#	16.8 ± 0.9^c^,^#	15.9 ± 0.4^c^,^#	16.0 ± 0.4^c^,^#
WLD	16.3 ± 1.4^b^,^#	15.3 ± 1.4^b^,^#^,^$	14.7 ± 1.0^b^,^$^,^%	13.9 ± 1.0^b^,^%	12.4 ± 1.0^a^,^b^,^∧
IBW	11.2 ± 0.8^a^,^#	11.3 ± 0.7^a^,^#	12.2 ± 0.7^a^,^#^,^$	12.5 ± 0.8^a^,^$	11.8 ± 0.9^a^,^#^,^$
BCS (9-point)
ObN	8.8 ± 0.4^b^,^#	8.8 ± 0.4^b^,^#	8.0 ± 0.7^b^,^#	7.4 ± 0.9^b^,^#	6.4 ± 0.9^b^,^$
ObP	8.2 ± 0.8^b^,^#	8.0 ± 1.0^b^,^#	8.0 ± 0.7^b^,^#	8.0 ± 1.4^b^,^#	7.4 ± 0.9^b^,^#
WLD	8.4 ± 1.3^b^,^#	8.0 ± 1.2^b^,^#^,^$	7.8 ± 1.1^b^,^#^,^$	6.8 ± 1.3^b^,^$	5.3 ± 1.0^a^,^%
IBW	4.3 ± 0.8^a^,^#	4.5 ± 0.5^a^,^#	5.0 ± 0.0^a^,^#	5.0 ± 0.0^a^,^#	4.2 ± 0.4^a^,^#
Calories offered (kcal/BW_kg^0.75)
ObN	75.0 ± 17.2^a^,^#	79.6 ± 16.1^a^,^#^,^$	83.6 ± 14.9^a^,^#^,^$	90.8 ± 11.3^a^,^#^,^$	101.3 ± 12.7^a^,^$
ObP	141.4 ± 41.2^b^,^#	128.7 ± 19.2^b^,^#	129.1 ± 18.6^b^,^#	134.0 ± 16.6^b^,^c^,^#	134.1 ± 17.3^b^,^#
WLD	123.4 ± 58.9^b^,^#	111.5 ± 40.2^b^,^#	114.3 ± 38.4^b^,^#	120.7 ± 38.5^b^,^#	117.5 ± 31.1^b^,^#
IBW	215.2 ± 42.6^c^,^#	207.6 ± 40.2^c^,^#	179.7 ± 32.7^c^,^#^,^$	156.5 ± 31.6^c^,^$^,^%	139.8 ± 38.9^b^,^%
Calories consumed (kcal/BW_kg^0.75)
ObN	63.1 ± 16.2^a^,^#	79.6 ± 16.1^a^,^#^,^$	83.6 ± 14.9^a^,^#^,^$	90.8 ± 11.3^a^,^#^,^$	101.3 ± 12.7^a^,^$
ObP	88.6 ± 17.2^a^,^#	120.3 ± 23.9^b^,^$	128.1 ± 20.2^b^,^$	134.0 ± 16.6^b^,^c^,^$	134.1 ± 17.3^a^,^b^,^$
WLD	87.2 ± 25.8^a^,^#	87.7 ± 16.7^a^,^#	113.7 ± 37.7^a^,^b^,^#^,^$	120.7 ± 38.5^a^,^b^,^$	112.7 ± 22.8^a^,^b^,^$
IBW	215.1 ± 42.6^b^,^#	207.6 ± 40.2^c^,^#	179.7 ± 32.7^c^,^#^,^$	156.5 ± 31.6^c^,^$^,^%	139.7 ± 38.9^b^,^%

Numerical data presented as mean ± standard deviation.

ObN, obese nutraceutical group; ObP, obese placebo group; WLD, weight loss diet group; IBW, ideal body weight group.

Except where otherwise indicated, n = 5 for obesification groups (ObN, ObP, WLD) and n = 6 for group IBW.

WLD in this column determined from 4 dogs, because 1 dog reached ideal weight and ended treatment at 8 weeks.

^a,b,c

Within a column, values with different superscript letters differ significantly (p < 0.05).

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Across columns, values with different superscript symbols differ significantly (p < 0.05).