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Table 2 Body, liver, and aorta weights of hamsters in different groups

From: Effects of fish oil and spirulina on oxidative stress and inflammation in hypercholesterolemic hamsters

 

Control

HF

Post FO

Post SP

Post SF

Pre-SF

HF + SF

Body weight, g

 Week 0

110.2 ± 3.3a

112.6 ± 8.5a

112.0 ± 12.3a

111.7 ± 9.5a

112.2 ± 9.3a

112.6 ± 7.8a

110.5 ± 11.1a

 Week 4

120.1 ± 11.0b

113.9 ± 10.0ab

112.3 ± 11.6ab

114.2 ± 11.7ab

113.5 ± 12.6ab

129.7 ± 10.0c

110.1 ± 8.6a

 Week 8

134.3 ± 14.6b

117.4 ± 10.5ab

119.0 ± 12.6ab

125.2 ± 8.9b

118.1 ± 12.0ab

132.5 ± 10.1b

110.9 ± 8.8a

Change in body weight, g

14.2 ± 5.7c

3.5 ± 8.5ab

6.7 ± 4.2b

10.9 ± 7.2bc

4.7 ± 6.9ab

2.9 ± 6.7ab

0.8 ± 2.8a

Food intake, g/day

7.6 ± 0.1d

7.5 ± 0.3d

6.9 ± 0.1b

7.5 ± 0.1d

6.6 ± 0.3b

7.2 ± 0.2c

5.8 ± 0.6a

Food efficiency, %

7.6 ± 3.3c

0.5 ± 1.3ab

3.6 ± 2.3bc

5.4 ± 3.6c

2.6 ± 3.9b

1.5 ± 3.4ab

0.5 ± 1.9a

Liver wet weight, g

4.3 ± 0.7a

7.3 ± 0.8c

6.1 ± 0.7b

6.0 ± 0.9b

6.2 ± 0.8b

7.1 ± 0.8c

6.8 ± 0.6c

Relative liver weight, %

3.2 ± 0.3a

6.4 ± 0.7d

5.1 ± 0.3bc

4.8 ± 0.5b

5.3 ± 0.5c

5.4 ± 0.3c

6.1 ± 0.5d

Aorta wet weight, mg

33.0 ± 1.4ab

34.3 ± 2.1b

32.4 ± 4.3a

32.6 ± 1.6ab

33.5 ± 1.5a

32.4 ± 1.3a

34.1 ± 1.4b

Relative aorta weight, %

0.02 ± 0.001a

0.03 ± 0.003bc

0.03 ± 0.003b

0.03 ± 0.003ab

0.03 ± 0.003b

0.02 ± 0.002a

0.03 ± 0.003c

  1. Data are presented as mean ± SD (n = 12/group). Values in a row not sharing the same superscript letter are significantly different at p < 0.05. HF: high fat diet + cholesterol; post FO: fish oil diet after induction with HF diet; post SP: spirulina diet after induction with HF diet; Post SF: spirulina and fish oil diet after induction with HF diet; Pre-SF: pre-treatment with spirulina and fish oil diet before induction with HF diet; HF + SF: HF diet combined with spirulina and fish oil.