A Novel Wistar Rat Model of Obesity-Related Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease Induced by Sucrose-Rich Diet

Table 1

Comparison of anthropometric parameters between experimental and control groups.

Time (weeks)	Groups		P value
	Experimental	Control
ΔBMI (kg/cm^2)^†
5	0.25 (±0.09)	0.36 (±0.07)	0.032
10	0.26 (±0.14)	0.27 (±0.08)	0.082
20	0.48 (±0.09)	0.40 (±0.10)	0.193
30	0.50 (±0.15)	0.34 (±0.06)	0.003
ΔThoracic circumference (cm)^†
5	6.67 (±0.45)	6.67 (±0.80)	1.000
10	10.48 (±1.86)	8.32 (±2.04)	0.083
20	12.00 (±1.27)	9.02 (±1.03)	0.002
30	13.82 (±2.84)	9.85 (±1.30)	0.031

-test; ^†mean ± standard deviation.