Calabash Chalk's Geophagy Affects Gestating Rats' Behavior and the Histomorphology of the Cerebral Cortex

Table 2

Weekly body weights of the dam.

Group; (𝑛=6)	Week 1 (g); 𝑃=0.990; 𝐹=0.03900	Week 2 (g); 𝑃=0.720; 𝐹=0.4483	Week 3 (g); 𝑃=0.892; 𝐹=0.2060	Week 4 (g); 𝑃=0.724; 𝐹=0.4424
Group 1 (control)	191.25±6.88	196.17±7.37	200.17±8.33	215.17±9.09
Group 2; (200 mg/kg of chalk)	192.25±8.35^NS	202.25±7.69^NS	206.58±8.37^NS	226.42±9.77^NS
Group 3; (400 mg/kg of chalk)	188.92±6.93^NS	193.00±7.36^NS	205.50±5.76^NS	221.00±6.66^NS
Group 4; (600 mg/kg of chalk)	190.67±5.92^NS	191.75±5.35^NS	200.42±6.71^NS	214.75±7.27^NS

Data were presented as mean ± standard error of mean.
^NSNot significantly different from the control group at 𝑃<0.05.