Protective Role of Black Tea Extract against Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis-Induced Skeletal Dysfunction

Table 1

Urinary excretion of calcium, phosphate, creatinine, and calcium : creatinine (Ca : Cr) ratio in control (Group A), HFD (Group B) and HFD + BTE (Group C) supplemented groups of rats.

Parameters	Control	High-fat	High-fat + BTE	Significance level^##	Significance level*
	(Group A)	(Group B)	(Group C)		Gr. A versus Gr. B	Gr. B versus Gr. C
Urinary calcium (mg/24 h)	0.81±0.24	3.21±0.56	1.01±0.11	𝑃<.01	𝑃<.01	𝑃<.01
Urinary phosphate (mg/24 h)	1.13±0.084	3.21±0.085	1.32±0.206	𝑃<.01	𝑃<.01	𝑃<.01
Urinary creatinine (mg/24 h)	0.45±0.16	0.97±0.021	0.65±0.09	𝑃<.01	𝑃<.01	𝑃<.01
Ca : Cr	1.132±0.16	3.37±0.54	1.48±0.14	𝑃<.01	𝑃<.01	𝑃<.01

Values are expressed as mean ± S.E.M. (𝑛=6). ^##Denotes significance level based on Kruskal-Wallis nonparametric ANOVA test and * denotes significance level based on Mann-Whitney “U” multiple comparison test.