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Table 2 Effects of DHSGT on body weight, food intake, food-efficiency ratio, and tissue weight

From: Dohaekseunggi-tang extract inhibits obesity, hyperlipidemia, and hypertension in high-fat diet-induced obese mice

 

Control

HFD

HFD-DHSGT

Final body weight, g

28.40 ± 0.51

41.40 ± 0.68###

31.60 ± 1.47***

Body-weight gain, g/day

0.09 ± 0.01

0.37 ± 0.02###

0.17 ± 0.04***

Food intake, g/day

3.36 ± 0.00

2.69 ± 0.00

2.24 ± 0.00

Food-efficiency ratio (%)

2.64 ± 0.31

13.60 ± 0.57###

7.53 ± 1.58**

White adipose-tissue weight

   

  Subcutaneous, g

0.29 ± 0.08

1.92 ± 0.12###

0.93 ± 0.45**

  Visceral, g

0.28 ± 0.03

3.79 ± 0.27###

1.46 ± 0.30***

Liver weight, g

1.04 ± 0.07

1.12 ± 0.04

0.85 ± 0.06**

  1. Food-efficiency ratio (%) = (body-weight gain/food intake) × 100. Values are expressed as means ± SEM (n = 5); ###, p < 0.001 compared with the Control group; **p < 0.01; ***, p < 0.001 compared with the HFD group.