Research Article

Choline and Cystine Deficient Diets in Animal Models with Hepatocellular Injury: Evaluation of Oxidative Stress and Expression of RAGE, TNF-α, and IL-1β

Table 2

Food intake, weight gain, end weight of body, liver weight, and relative liver weight for the different dietary models (mean ± SEM). Standard: St; CD: deficient in choline; CCD: deficient in choline and cystine; pl: pellet; pw: powder.


Food intake (g)102.70 ± 5.00a104.00 ± 5.24a97.51 ± 5.07a101.80 ± 5.31a103.70 ± 4.319a100.30 ± 5.60a
Weight gain (g)145.20 ± 3.55a157.50 ± 5.53a145.90 ± 7.29a154.80 ± 5.90a143.70 ± 4.40a155.2 ± 6.87a
End weight of body (g)176.80 ± 3.59a190.00 ± 5.85a177.10 ± 7.54a185.90 ± 5.69a175.90 ± 5.34a188.30 ± 7.73a
Liver weight (g)7.39 ± 0.31a7.65 ± 0.33a7.46 ± 0.31a7.65 ± 0.28a7.42 ± 0.22a7.55 ± 0.30a
Relative liver weight0.04 ± 0.00a0.04 ± 0.00a0.04 ± 0.00a0.04 ± 0.00a0.04 ± 0.00a0.04 ± 0.00a

Means similarity with other a, in terms of statistics. Different letters indicate < 0.05 (Tukey test).