Consumption of Chinese Tea-Flavor Liquor Improves Circulating Insulin Levels without Affecting Hepatic Lipid Metabolism-Related Gene Expression in Sprague-Dawley Rats

Table 2

Body weight change and ethanol and food intake of SD rats.

	TFL (𝑛 = 9)	TCL (𝑛 = 8)	EC (𝑛 = 8)	WC (𝑛 = 8)
Body weight change (kg)	92.3 ± 38.1	116.4 ± 57.5	103.3 ± 50.4	105.5 ± 51.6
Ethanol consumption; (g/d/kg body weight)	2.5 ± 0.5	2.4 ± 0.6	2.7 ± 0.5	0
Food consumption; (g/d/kg body weight)	39.8 ± 4.4^a	40.7 ± 5.8^a	39.3 ± 6.3^a	47.2 ± 6.6^b

TFL: tea-flavor liquor; TCL: traditional Chinese liquor; EC: ethanol control; WC: water control; Different letters represent statistically significant difference (𝑃<0.05) between the two groups (e.g., a versus b, b versus c). No significant difference was observed if two groups contain the same letters (e.g., ab versus b, a versus ab).