The Effects of Hepatogomax Enteral Formula on Systemic Inflammation, Caecum Short-Chain Fatty Acid Levels, and Liver Histopathology in Thioacetamide-Induced Rats

Table 1

Body weight of rats.

Body weight (g)	Means ± SD				^1	^2	Means ± SD
	Initial	Before TAA-induced	Before intervention	After intervention			ΔBB1	ΔBB2
K1	182 ± 3.46	189.17 ± 2.86	203.5 ± 2.43	232.5 ± 3.51	<0.001	<0.001	14.33 ± 1.03^a,b	29 ± 1.67^a,b
K2	179.5 ± 4.59	186.17 ± 4.36	191.83 ± 4.79	201 ± 6.1	<0.001	<0.001	5.67 ± 0.82^a	9.17 ± 1.72^a,b
K3	180.33 ± 2.94	187.67 ± 2.58	194.83 ± 3.19	223.83 ± 3.49	<0.001	<0.001	7.17 ± 2.04^a	29 ± 1.79^a
P1	181 ± 3.35	188.5 ± 3.02	194.67 ± 3.78	211.83 ± 4.96	<0.001	<0.001	6.17 ± 0.98^a	17.17 ± 1.83^a,b
P2	178.17 ± 3.31	185.33 ± 3.72	191.67 ± 3.93	217.67 ± 4.32	<0.001	<0.001	6.33 ± 0.82^a	26 ± 1.10^a,b
P3	179.5 ± 3.78	186.67 ± 3.44	192.67 ± 3.61	221.17 ± 3.82	<0.001	<0.001	6.00 ± 0.63^a	28.5 ± 0.55^b
^3							0.003	<0.001

¹Paired t-test, ¹ =  value before TAA-induced and before intervention; ² = value before and after intervention; significant difference ( < 0.05); ΔBB1 = BW change before TAA-induced and before intervention; ΔBB2 = BW before and after intervention; ²Kruskal–Wallis test; significant difference ( < 0.05); ^asignificant difference against the control group (Mann–Whitney test); ^bsignificant difference against the intervention group (Mann–Whitney test).