Table 5.
Variations of OGTT evaluated on the rabbits over time in experiment 2 and effects of group (G), sex (S), time (T) and the interactions.
| Parameters 1 | TO | OB | OL | Effects 2 | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 15 | 30 | 0 | 15 | 30 | 0 | 15 | 30 | Group 3 | Time | Sex | S × T | G × T | S × G | G × T × S | ||
| OGTT (T0) (g/L) | M | 2.03 a | 1.92 ab | 1.92 ab | 1.9 ab | 1.16 de | 1.06 e | 1.97 ab | 1.56 bcd | 1.30 cde | *** | *** | *** | ns | *** | ** | ns |
| F | 1.81 ab | 1.71 abc | 1.62 abc | 1.96 ab | 1.13 de | 1.03 e | 1.80 ab | 1.11 e | 0.99 e | ||||||||
| OGTT (T30) (g/L) | M | 3.97 | 3.40 | 3.17 | 3.85 | 2.55 | 2.32 | 3.94 | 2.72 | 2.60 | ns | ns | ns | ns | ns | ns | ns |
| F | 3.86 | 3.41 | 3.35 | 3.92 | 3.86 | 3.34 | 3.88 | 3.74 | 3.59 | ||||||||
| OGTT (T60) (g/L) | M | 3.17 | 2.90 | 2.59 | 3.27 | 3.07 | 2.94 | 2.87 | 2.63 | 2.52 | ns | ns | ns | ns | ns | ** | ns |
| F | 3.01 | 2.96 | 2.91 | 2.67 | 2.57 | 2.25 | 3.27 | 3.18 | 2.91 | ||||||||
| OGTT (T90) (g/L) | M | 2.46 | 2.08 | 1.92 | 2.72 | 2.47 | 2.31 | 2.36 | 2.23 | 2.14 | ns | ** | ns | ns | ns | ns | ns |
| F | 2.49 | 2.36 | 2.26 | 2.69 | 2.27 | 2.17 | 2.72 | 2.53 | 2.38 | ||||||||
| OGTT (T120) (g/L) | M | 2.19 ab | 1.88 ab | 1.78 ab | 2.23 ab | 2.04 ab | 1.91 ab | 2.09 ab | 1.84 ab | 1.71 ab | * | * | ns | ns | ns | *** | ns |
| F | 2.14 ab | 2.04 ab | 2.04 ab | 1.64 ab | 1.36 ab | 1.28 b | 2.27 a | 2.11 ab | 2.00 ab | ||||||||
| OGTT (T180) (g/L) | M | 1.20 | 1.73 | 1.49 | 1.11 | 1.00 | 0.98 | 1.28 | 1.07 | 0.96 | ns | ns | ** | ns | ns | ns | ns |
| F | 1.67 | 1.65 | 1.59 | 1.66 | 1.61 | 1.20 | 1.62 | 1.49 | 0.38 | ||||||||
1 OGTT = Oral Glucose Tolerance Test evaluated at 0, 30, 60, 90, 120 and 180 min. 2 Significances: ns: not significant; *: p < 0.05; **: p < 0.01; ***: p < 0.001. The parameters in each row (for males and females) not followed with the same superscript letters are significantly different (p < 0.05). 3 Groups: TO: Control Obese; OB: Obese + Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis BB-12 probiotic; OL: Obese + Lactobacillus plantarum 299v probiotic.