The Effects of Probiotics and Omega-3 Fatty Acids in Liver Steatosis Induced in Rats by High-Fructose Corn Syrup

Table 2

Weekly food intake levels in rats.

Food intake (g)
Weeks	Control group (n = 8)	HFCS group (n = 8)	HFCS + omega-3 fatty acids group (n = 8)	HFCS + probiotic group (n = 8)	HFCS + omega-3 fatty acids + probiotic group (n = 8)
	Mean ± SD	Mean ± SD	Mean ± SD	Mean ± SD	Mean ± SD
1	177.71 ± 16.15	137.14 ± 12.88^a3	165.14 ± 11.12^b3	168.57 ± 13.85^b3	140.00 ± 13.74^a3.c3.d3	0.001
2	178.00 ± 15.88	123.00 ± 11.74^a3	122.00 ± 11.86^a3	122.42 ± 12.73^a3	124.00 ± 12.16^a3	0.002
	0.680	0.034	0.018	0.018	0.028
3	173.28 ± 14.20	123.71 ± 11.02^a3	122.57 ± 12.09^a3	122.53 ± 12.83^a3	125.71 ± 13.68^a3	0.002
	0.114	0.785	0.705	0.931	0.083
4	185.00 ± 14.98	122.00 ± 10.34^a3	132.00 ± 11.97^a3.b1	128.28 ± 11.95^a3	113.85 ± 12.15^a3.c1.d1	0.001
	0.018	0.680	0.108	0.043	0.049
5	198.57 ± 14.04	125.14 ± 11.78^a3	118.57 ± 13.77^a3	117.28 ± 12.24^a3	100.14 ± 12.66^a3.b3.c1.d1	0.001
	0.016	0.109	0.017	0.028	0.043
6	208.85 ± 12.66	114.85 ± 11.85^a3	116.28 ± 13.63^a3	113.57 ± 11.07^a3	101.00 ± 12.05^a3.c1	0.001
	0.014	0.063	0.336	0.733	0.414
7	208.14 ± 12.53	126.85 ± 12.83^a3	115.71 ± 13.94^a3	117.85 ± 7.78^a3	101.71 ± 10.73^a3.b3.c1.d3	0.001
	0.680	0.091	0.593	0.464	0.799

Kruskal–Wallis H-test. Mann–Whitney U test. Wilcoxon test. ^aFor the control group,  ≤ 0.05^a1,  ≤ 0.01^a2,  ≤ 0.001^a3. ^cFor the HFCS + omega-3 fatty acids group,  ≤ 0.05^c1,  ≤ 0.01^c2,  ≤ 0.001^c3. ^bFor the HFCS group,  ≤ 0.05^b1,  ≤ 0.01^b2,  ≤ 0.001^b3. ^dFor the HFCS + probiotic group,  ≤ 0.05^d1,  ≤ 0.01^d2,  ≤ 0.001^d3. Bold shows statistically significant values.