. 2020 Aug 5;8(9):5149–5159. doi: 10.1002/fsn3.1819

TABLE 1.

Effect of different treatments on the body weight, body mass index, and Lee index in the studied groups

	Control	DHEA	DHEA + Telmisartan	DHEA + Fish oil	DHEA + CMC	DHEA + Telmisartan +Fish oil
Initial body weight (gm)	132.4 ± 9.3	129.8 ± 8.6	135.3 ± 10.2	124.8 ± 7.8	141.7 ± 10.3	134.6 ± 9.8
Final body weight (gm)	144.7 ± 10.4	210.4 ± 14.5	162.7 ± 12.5	166.5 ± 12.2	226.2 ± 14.7	153.7 ± 10.6
% of change in body weight	9.29 ± 0.45	62.1 ± 3.2*	20.25 ± 1.63 ^†	33.41 ± 1.82 ^†	59.63 ± 3.4	14.19 ± 0.82 ^† , ^‡ , ^§
Initial BMI (gm/cm²)	0.56 ± 0.03	0.54 ± 0.03	0.50 ± 0.02	0.51 ± 0.03	0.58 ± 0.04	0.55 ± 0.03
Final BMI (gm/cm²)	0.60 ± 0.04	0.72 ± 0.06	0.59 ± 0.04	0.63 ± 0.07	0.76 ± 0.05	0.63 ± 0.03
% of change in BMI	7.14 ± 0.36	33.3 ± 1.4*	18 ± 0.8 ^†	23.53 ± 1.1 ^†	31.03 ± 1.3	14.55 ± 0.62 ^† , ^‡ , ^§
Initial Lee index	311.2 ± 16.3	308.3 ± 15.6	314.52 ± 18.1	305.2 ± 14.8	322.4 ± 19.2	312.6 ± 17.7
Final Lee index	320.3 ± 17.5	398.4 ± 24.5	351.3 ± 20.5	358.4 ± 21.4	402.3 ± 25.7	335.8 ± 18.9
% of change in Lee index	2.92 ± 0.13	29.22 ± 0.9*	11.69 ± 0.45 ^†	17.43 ± 0.56 ^†	24.78 ± 0.84	7.42 ± 0.31 ^† , ^‡ , ^§

Multiple comparisons were performed using one‐way ANOVA followed by Tukey–Kramer multiple comparison test.

Significant compared to the control group (p‐value <.05).

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Significant compared to DHEA group (p‐value <.05).

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Significant compared to DHEA + Telmisartan group (p‐value <.05).

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Significant compared to DHEA + Fish oil group (p‐value <.05).