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Table 6 Liver weight and concentration of total cholesterol and triglycerides in liver

From: Effects of Pediococcus parvulus 2.6 and its exopolysaccharide on plasma cholesterol levels and inflammatory markers in mice

 

Liver weight per body weight*

Total cholesterol in liver

Triglycerides in liver

  

(mg/g)

  

(mg/g)

  

(mg/g)

 
 

Median

25-75%

n

Mean

SEM

n

Mean

SEM

n

Control

45.1a

44-47

10

13.5

0.45

10

60.3

5.0

10

Pd 2.6 EPS

58.1b

53-64

10

12.8

0.55

10

64.4

4.0

10

Pd 2.6 R

48.4a

44-51

9

11.9

0.30

10

50.3

4.5

10

Pd 2.6 NR

50.4ab

45-53

8

12.8

0.69

10

65.0

6.6

8

  1. n, number of observations.
  2. Statistics were calculated using one-way ANOVA for multiple comparisons. Tukey’s test was used for pairwise comparisons of means.
  3. * These data failed the normality test so a Kruskal-Wallis one-way analysis of variance on the ranks was run followed by Dunn’s method for pairwise multiple comparisons.
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