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

Table 3

Weekly fluid intake levels in rats.

Fluid intake levels (mL)
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	282.57 ± 10.29	304.42 ± 19.07^a2	294.28 ± 12.91	287.71 ± 13.02	294.14 ± 10.62	0.080
2	292.28 ± 15.39	317.85 ± 18.10^a1	285.71 ± 14.97^b3	296.28 ± 10.54^b2	289.85 ± 16.96^b2	0.006
	0.173	0.017	0.446	0.063	0.612
3	294.28 ± 14.84	331.57 ± 15.76^a3	293.42 ± 15.39^b3	292.00 ± 15.08^b3	290.14 ± 15.18^b3	0.003
	0.672	0.027	0.228	0.518	0.752
4	297.85 ± 13.56	340.28 ± 15.76^a3	281.57 ± 10.99^a1.b3	278.71 ± 10.35^a2.b3	279.71 ± 11.70^a1.b3	0.001
	0.271	0.028	0.128	0.064	0.204
5	293.14 ± 10.05	321.42 ± 18.67^a1	276.42 ± 10.17^a2.b3	272.85 ± 13.09^a3.b3	275.00 ± 13.16^a2.b3	0.001
	0.310	0.176	0.176	0.237	0.310
6	298.14 ± 11.69	337.28 ± 18.63^a1	278.00 ± 10.27^a3.b3	277.85 ± 15.75^a1.b3	281.28 ± 13.02^a1.b3	0.001
	0.236	0.018	0.799	0.463	0.293
7	301.57 ± 12.50	341.85 ± 15.91^a1	277.42 ± 9.27^a3.b3	270.14 ± 12.03^a3.b3	272.71 ± 9.92^a3.b3	0.001
	0.735	0.345	0.674	0.249	0.108

Kruskal–Wallis H-test. Mann–Whitney U test. Wilcoxon test. ^aFor the control group,  ≤ 0.05^a1,  ≤ 0.01^a2,  ≤ 0.001^a3. ^bFor the HFCS group,  ≤ 0.05^b1,  ≤ 0.01^b2,  ≤ 0.001^b3. Bold shows statistically significant values.