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Table. 2.

Table. 2. Table 2

Changes in body weight and tissue weight of the spleen, liver, and epididymal fat.

Parameters(n = 10 per group)	HFD

	ND	-	FCC 3%	FCC 5%	SV 10mg/kg
Body weight (g)
Baseline	32.8 ± 0.53	31.1 ± 0.28	33.2 ± 1.29	31.7 ± 1.68	32.5 ± 1.90
Final	44.2 ± 3.19	64.4 ± 4.44^##	45.4 ± 5.41**	44.4 ± 3.24**	55.2 ± 3.82**
Weight gain (g)	11.42 ± 2.85	33.23 ± 4.05^##	12.20 ± 4.82**	12.72 ± 2.98**	22.66 ± 2.27**
Tissue weight (g/kg body weight)
Spleen	3.45 ± 0.09	2.68 ± 0.08^#	2.61 ± 0.13	3.04 ± 0.09*	2.52 ± 0.16
Liver	36.20 ± 0.55	34.70 ± 3.61	31.38 ± 3.11	33.30 ± 3.88	30.76 ± 3.10
Epididymal fat pad	10.72 ± 1.27	43.02 ± 1.34^##	37.10 ± 1.79*	11.25 ± 0.63**	49.43±0.78

ND; normal chow diet, HFD; high fat diet, FCC; fermented mixture of Chaga and Cheonggukjang with L. acidophilus KCTC 3925. SV; simvastatin (10 mg/kg body weight) treatment on HFD mice. # and ## indicate p < 0.05 and p < 0.01 compared with the ND group, respectively; * and ** indicate p < 0.05 and p < 0.01compared with the HFD group, respectively.

J. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 2019;29:739~748 https://doi.org/10.4014/jmb.1902.02034