Low-Protein Diet during Lactation and Maternal Metabolism in Rats

Table 1

Absolute (g) and relative (g/100 g body mass) food intake, protein intake, initial and final body mass of non-lactating and lactating rats maintained with control (CNL and CL) or low-protein (LPNL and LPL) diets.

	GROUPS
	CNL	CL	LPNL	LPL
Absolute food intake	293 ± 18^b	573 ± 26^a	276 ± 11^b	308 ± 9^b
Relative food intake	92 ± 1^c	100 ± 1^b	94 ± 1^c	116 ± 4^a
Absolute protein intake	50 ± 8^b	97 ± 4^a	16.5 ± 0.6^c	19.3 ± 0.9^c
Relative protein intake	15.5 ± 0.1^b	17.0 ± 0.2^a	5.60 ± 0.04^d	7.0 ± 0.2^c
Initial body mass	268 ± 0^∗4	404 ± 12^#	255 ± 6^∗#	362 ± 7^b18^c
Final body mass	300 ± 5^b	330 ± 0^a	287 ± ^∗S	249 ± 𝑃<.051^#S

CNL, CL, LPNL groups = 7; LPL group = 8 rats. Values are means ± SEM.
𝑃<.05tatistical difference related to non-lactating rats (Two-Way ANOVA; 𝑃<.05).
4^btatistical difference related to control rats (Two-Way ANOVA; 4^b).
Different letters indicate statistical differences (Tukey HSD test; 6^b).