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. 2020 Jun 2;199(3):1013–1026. doi: 10.1007/s12011-020-02202-y

Table 3.

Effect of diet and supplemental Cr and BM on overall growth indices in rats (mean ± SD)

Parameter	Experimental group
Parameter	C	Db	Db+Cr1BM1	Db+Cr1BM2	Db+Cr2BM1	Db+Cr2BM2	HF	HF+Cr1BM1	HF+Cr1BM2	HF+Cr2BM1	HF+Cr2BM2
Body length ratio (cm)	26.55 ± 4.46	25.70 ± 7.13	25.55 ± 6.81	26.00 ± 6.65	25.56 ± 6.48	26.00 ± 6.09	26.40 ± 5.93	26.70 ± 5.70	25.70 ± 7.13	25.55 ± 6.81	26.00 ± 6.65
Liver (g)	13.70 ± 1.32	16.00 ± 1.87	15.33 ± 2.06	14.82 ± 1.94	16.10 ± 2.60	14.70 ± 1.41	14.04 ± 1.63	14.03 ± ±1.85	13.02 ± 1.48^a,c	13.53 ± 0.86	14.18 ± 1.90
Kidneys (g)	2.864 ± 0.21^c	3.311 ± 0.36	3.301 ± 0.44	3.010 ± 0.38	3.517 ± 0.35	3.027 ± 0.39	2.698 ± 0.38^a,b,c	2.948 ± 0.41^c	2.727 ± 0.23^a,b,c	2.808 ± 0.13^c	2.828 ± 0.24^c
Spleen (g)	0.635 ± 0.07	0.587 ± 0.07	0.579 ± 0.06	0.599 ± 0.05	0.558 ± 0.08	0.617 ± 0.07	0.597 ± 0.08	0.609 ± 0.09	0.547 ± 0.04	0.601 ± 0.05	0.590 ± 0.03
Heart (g)	1.287 ± 0.16	1.180 ± 0.09	1.189 ± 0.14	1.164 ± 0.07	1.193 ± 0.09	1.195 ± 0.10	1.239 ± 0.15	1.298 ± 0.12	1.239 ± 0.12	1.283 ± 0.10	1.243 ± 0.13
Testes (g)	3.888 ± 0.29	3.716 ± 0.24	3.509 ± 0.40	3.737 ± 0.29	3.652 ± 0.18	3.726 ± 0.19	3.829 ± 0.29	3.890 ± 0.22	3.788 ± 0.17	3.827 ± 0.23	3.704 ± 0.14
Pancreas (g)	2.11 ± 0.30	2.139 ± 0.14	2.084 ± 0.12	2.187 ± 0.22	2.027 ± 0.17	2.135 ± 0.19	2.230 ± 0.16	2.276 ± 0.11	2.227 ± 0.19	2.299 ± 0.17	2.273 ± 0.11

^aSignificantly different from Db-HF

^bSignificantly different from Db-Cr1BM1

^cSignificantly different from Db-Cr2BM1