α-Tocopherol Protects the Heart, Muscles, and Testes from Lipid Peroxidation in Growing Male Rats Subjected to Physical Efforts

Table 2

The effects of training and α-tocopherol supplementation on general indicators of rat development ().

(a)

Development indicators	Groups				value^1 C vs. E	value CT vs. ET
	Control		Vitamin E
	C	CT	E	ET
	Body weight
Initial (g)					NS	NS
value	NS		NS
Final (g)					NS	NS
value	NS		NS
Gain (g/d)					0.04	NS
value	NS		NS
Intake (g/d)					NS	NS
value	NS		NS
FER (g/g diet)					0.02	NS
value	NS		0.02

(b)

	Two-way ANOVA, value
	Training	Vitamin E	Training × vitamin E
Body weight
Initial (g)	NS	NS	NS
Final (g)	NS	NS	NS
Gain (g/d)	NS	0.01	NS
Intake (g/d)	NS	NS	NS
FER (g/g diet)	NS	0.04	NS

C: control group nonsupplemented with α-tocopherol, not trained; CT: control group nonsupplemented with α-tocopherol, trained; E: group supplemented with α-tocopherol, not trained; ET: group supplemented with α-tocopherol, trained; FER: feed efficiency ratio; ¹Tukey HSD post hoc test, value ≤0.05; NS: not significant.