Supplementation of Lactobacillus plantarum K68 and Fruit-Vegetable Ferment along with High Fat-Fructose Diet Attenuates Metabolic Syndrome in Rats with Insulin Resistance

Table 4

Bodyweight gain over a period of 8 weeks and the final liver, kidney, and epididymal fat weights in HFFD, K68, FVF, and MIX supplemented groups. All the values are expressed in grams for 10 replicates (𝑁=10).

Parameters	CON	HFFD	HFFD + K68	HFFD + FVF	HFFD + MIX
Bodyweight gain (g) (final-initial weight)	288.7±1.6	341.6±5.73^∗	302.5±2.4^∗†	316±5.8^∗†	315.62±4^∗†
Liver (g)	2.49±0.10	2.79±0.05^∗	2.33±0.13^†	2.49±0.08^†	2.61±0.09
Kidney (g)	0.50±0.01	0.54±0.02	0.54±0.02	0.53±0.01	0.55±0.01
Epididymal fat (g)	2.06±0.08	2.48±0.03^∗	2.35±0.06	2.26±0.06	2.13±0.03^†
Average food intake (g/day)	28.4±0.6	29.5±0.2	27.5±0.6	27.3±0.4	27.3±0.6
FCE ratio	0.097±0.002	0.087±0.003^∗	0.09±0.002	0.087±0.002^∗	0.087±0.002^∗

∗Significant compared to CON group.
†Significant compared to HFFD group.
Food conversion efficiency (FCE) ratio = food intake (g)/weight gain (kg) × 10².