Table 1.
Comparison of weight in each group at different time points ().
| Group | -28 day | -14 day | 0 day | 14 day | 28 day | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | Weight (g) | n | Weight (g) | n | Weight (g) | n | Weight (g) | n | Weight (g) | |
| Control | 10 | 219.4 ± 15.9 | 10 | 341.3 ± 30.3 | 8 | 386.0 ± 40.5 | 8 | 450.4 ± 42.7 | 7 | 459.7 ± 47.4 |
| Model | 10 | 219.0 ± 11.8 | 10 | 279.9 ± 18.0∗∗∗ | 8 | 338.6 ± 32.5∗∗ | 8 | 431.7 ± 43.4 | 8 | 452.1 ± 46.7 |
| taVNS | 10 | 213.0 ± 11.4 | 10 | 271.5 ± 23.3∗∗∗ | 8 | 319.6 ± 25.4∗∗∗ | 8 | 396.5 ± 25.3∗ | 8 | 406.5 ± 26.5∗# |
| EA | 10 | 220.0 ± 13.2 | 10 | 285.5 ± 15.2∗∗∗ | 8 | 340.1 ± 28.2∗∗ | 8 | 409.5 ± 43.4∗ | 7 | 434.1 ± 29.8 |
At 0 day, two rats were removed from each group. At 24 day, two rats from the control and EA groups died when experimenters took blood from the caudal vein. ∗∗∗P < 0.001, vs. the control group; ∗∗P < 0.01, vs. the control group; ∗P < 0.05, vs. the control group; #P < 0.05, vs. the model group.