Table 2 Percentage (%) WG in groups exposed to different diets. The weekly WG (BW percentage increase vs. 7 days previously) and the BW percentage increase during the 6 weeks of the dietary regime are shown. For the first week (day 7 vs. day 0), data are expressed as median and quartiles (q1-q3) because the data are not normally distributed; the data for the following five weeks are expressed as average ± standard deviation because the values for percentage increase in BW showed a normal distribution. The last line presents the percentage BW increase over the 6 weeks of different dietary regimes in the studied groups (average ± standard deviation)
|  | SD | n3 | HFD | HFD + n3 | CA1 | CA2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
day 7 vs. day 0 | 14.02 (13.83–14.53) | 14.02 (13.61–16.02) | 13.98 (13.72–19.57) | 14.57 (13.61–20.11) | 14.02 (13.83–21.35) | 13.94 (13.61–17.55) |
day 14 vs. day 7 | 7.17 ± 0.57 | 6.29 ± 1.00 ↓ vs. SD | 9.73 ± 3.54 ↑ vs. SD ↑↑ vs. n3 | 7.72 ± 3.70 | 7.39 ± 2.43 | 10.03 ± 3.72 ↑ vs. SD ↑↑ vs. n3 |
day 21 vs. day 14 | 4.90 ± 0.18 | 3.59 ± 1.31 ↓ vs. SD | 8.03 ± 3.82 ↑ vs. SD ↑↑ vs. n3 | 4.10 ± 1.05 ↓ vs. HFD | 5.83 ± 2.26 | 4.23 ± 2.41 ↓ vs. HFD |
day 28 vs. day 21 | 3.68 ± 0.20 | 2.44 ± 1.61 ↓ vs. SD | 5.94 ± 2.00 ↑↑ vs. SD ↑↑ vs. n3 | 3.62 ± 1.31 ↓ vs. HFD | 4.14 ± 2.32 | 3.36 ± 1.10 ↓↓ vs. HFD |
day 35 vs. day 28 | 3.31 ± 0.19 | 2.72 ± 0.51 ↓ vs. SD | 4.28 ± 0.71 ↑↑ vs. SD ↑↑ vs. n3 | 3.30 ± 0.78 ↓ vs. HFD | 2.83 ± 1.06 ↓ vs. HFD | 3.03 ± 1.42 |
day 42 vs. day 35 | 1.96 ± 0.49 | 1.02 ± 0.51 ↓↓ vs. SD ↓↓ vs. SD | 4.22 ± 0.53 ↑↑↑ vs. SD ↑↑↑ vs. n3 | 3.26 ± 1.21 ↑ vs. SD ↑↑ vs. n3 | 1.89 ± 0.84 ↓↓↓ vs. HFD ↓ vs. HFD + n3 | 2.24 ± 1.25 ↓↓ vs. HFD |
day 42 vs. day 0 | 28.70 ± 0.97% | 25.39 ± 1.67% P < 0.01 vs. SD ↓↓ vs. SD | 36.08 ± 1.92% P < 0.001 vs. n3 P < 0.001 vs. SD | 30.33 ± 2.06% P < 0.01 vs. n3 | 29.39 ± 2.07% P < 0.01 vs. n3 P < 0.001 vs. HFD | 30.68 ± 2.30% P < 0.01 vs. n3 P < 0.01 vs. HFD |