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Table 2 Nutritional and plasma- metabolic parameters

From: Carnosine supplementation and retinal oxidative parameters in a high-calorie diet rat model

Variable

Group

SD (n = 9)

HcD (n = 7)

SD + Car (n = 10)

HcD + Car (n = 8)

Body weight (g)

503.5 ± 17.0

561.3 ± 15.4

490.4 ± 11.1a

566.0 ± 32.5

Adiposity index (%)

4.15 ± 1.6a, b

8.51 ± 1.0

3.11 ± 1.1a, b

7.67 ± 1.6

Glucose (mg/dL)

79.2 ± 2.3a, b

87.6 ± 2.6

88.8 ± 3.0

93.1 ± 3.2

Triglycerides (mg/dL)

81.3 ± 7.6a, b

171.7 ± 25.2

51.3 ± 4.9a, b

137.9 ± 19.3a

  1. Data expressed as means ± standard error of mean (SEM); groups
  2. One-way ANOVA followed by Newman-Keuls post-hoc test (p < 0.05) was used to compare groups
  3. SD standard diet, SD + Car standard diet + carnosine, HcD high sugar-fat diet, HcD + Car high sugar-fat diet + carnosine
  4. adifferent from HcD
  5. bdifferent from HcD + Car