Alloxan-Induced Diabetes Causes Morphological and Ultrastructural Changes in Rat Liver that Resemble the Natural History of Chronic Fatty Liver Disease in Humans

Table 3

Mean ± SD of fresh liver weight (g) and fresh liver weight/body weight ratio of nondiabetic control rats and untreated diabetic rats during the various experimental follow-up periods.

Groups	Parameters and follow-up
	Fresh liver weight (g)			Fresh liver weight/body weight ratio
	6 weeks	14 weeks	26 weeks	6 weeks	14 weeks	26 weeks
NC	11.1420 ± 1.6050	12.3300 ± 1.0080	12.3320 ± 2.1700	0.0445 ± 0.0036	0.0277 ± 0.0041	0.0243 ± 0.0034
UD	10.8990 ± 1.0430	9.5560 ± 1.0430	11.5040 ± 0.5772	0.0463 ± 0.0041	0.0555^* ± 0.0128	0.0595^* ± 0.0104
value	0.1076	0.0865	0.3075	0.3064	<0.0001	<0.0001

NC: nondiabetic control; UD: untreated diabetic.
^*NC < UD at 14 and 26 weeks of follow-up (Student’s -test).