Daily Feeding of Fructooligosaccharide or Glucomannan Delays Onset of Senescence in SAMP8 Mice

Table 1

Food intake, body weight gain, and diet efficiency of SAMR1 and SAMP8 fed diet containing FOS or GM.

	Total food intake (g)*	Initial body weight (g)	Final body weight (g)	Body weight gain (g)*	Diet efficiency (%)*
R1 (n = 10)	1018.2 ± 55.9^a	21.8 ± 1.1	39.7 ± 7.9	18.0 ± 7.5	1.8 ± 0.4
CONT (n = 13)	1252.4 ± 84.1	20.8 ± 1.3	39.3 ± 9.9	18.5 ± 10.6	1.5 ± 0.9
FOS (n = 14)	1167.1 ± 50.5	20.5 ± 1.5	41.0 ± 6.4	20.3 ± 5.9	1.7 ± 0.5
GM (n = 15)	1243.1 ± 79.1	20.5 ± 1.5	36.2 ± 7.2	15.7 ± 7.7	1.3 ± 0.7^b

Values were expressed as mean ± SD. R1, SAMR1, and control diet; CONT, control diet; FOS, 5% of fructooligosaccharide diet; GM, 5% of glucomannan diet. *Total food intake, and body weight gain, diet efficiency were calculated based on the feeding periods during 38 weeks. ^aR1 was significantly different versus CONT, FOS, and GM, respectively, at P < 0.05 by Tukey’s post hoc test. ^bGM was significantly different than R1, FOS, and GM, respectively, at P < 0.05 by Tukey’s post hoc test.