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Food intake, caloric efficiency, body weight and composition of rats after four weeks on the experimental diets |
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| Level (%) |
Food intake (g/100 g BW) |
Caloric efficiency (kcal/g) |
Initial body weight (g) |
Final body Weight (g) |
Delta body weight gain (g) |
Fat-free mass (g) |
Fat-mass (g) |
Total body water (%) |
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| 100 |
34.8 ± 7.1 |
21.8 ± 1.6 |
80.6 ± 8.4 |
227.6 ± 38.3 |
148.5 ± 32.3 |
201.6 ± 33.4 |
26.0 ± 6.7 |
62.0 ± 5.4 |
| 80 |
27.9 ± 5.7* |
23.1 ± 2.7 |
84.3 ± 9.0 |
220.5 ± 17.5 |
136.3 ± 10.5 |
200.8 ± 17.5 |
19.7 ± 5.3* |
66.7 ± 5.1 |
| 70 |
17.7 ± 1.7* |
19.9 ± 1.9 |
82.4 ± 2.9 |
159.1 ± 10.0* |
76.7 ± 12.0* |
143.8 ± 8.7* |
15.3 ± 3.5* |
61.7 ± 6.9 |
| 60 |
16.0 ± 2.4* |
27.3 ± 7.8* |
90.0 ± 9.4 |
151.6 ± 7.7* |
61.6 ± 11.0* |
142.0 ± 7.6* |
9.6 ± 2.7* |
67.3 ± 3.3* |
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* = p < 0.05 in comparison to ad-libitum fed controls utilizing ANOVA with LSD. | ||||||||
Rising and Lifshitz Nutrition & Metabolism 2006 3:11 doi:10.1186/1743-7075-3-11 |
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