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Table 1 Body weight, ethanol intake and plasma lipid and glucose levels in C57BL/6 mice fed a Western diet for 24 weeks

From: Moderate beer consumption does not change early or mature atherosclerosis in mice

 

Water (n = 14)

Ethanol (n = 13)

Mild beer (n = 15)

Dark beer (n = 15)

Ethanol-free beer (n = 14)

Initial body weight, g

14.5 ± 0.3

15.3 ± 0.3

15.0 ± 0.2

14.3 ± 0.4

14.4 ± 0.3

Body weight increase, g

20.2 ± 1.7

17.1 ± 1.0

18.7 ± 0.6

15.6 ± 1.1

18.9 ± 1.4

Fluid intake, mL/day

2.22 ± 0.08

2.84 ± 0.06*

4.46 ± 0.12*, **

4.66 ± 0.15*, **

4.54 ± 0.11*, **

Ethanol intake, mL/day

0 ± 0

0.076 ± 0.002*

0.072 ± 0.002*

0.074 ± 0.003*

0 ± 0**

Glucose, mM

12.3 ± 0.6

12.1 ± 1.1

13.3 ± 0.5

11.9 ± 0.7

12.9 ± 0.9

Non-HDL cholesterol, mM

0.70 ± 0.08

0.53 ± 0.05

0.48 ± 0.03*

0.50 ± 0.03*

0.47 ± 0.05*

HDL cholesterol, mM

3.44 ± 0.24

2.74 ± 0.16

3.02 ± 0.16

2.58 ± 0.13*

2.67 ± 0.28

Triglycerides, mM

0.32 ± 0.03

0.26 ± 0.03

0.32 ± 0.06

0.20 ± 0.02

0.19 ± 0.03

  1. Data are expressed as mean ± SEM, * P < 0.05, compared with the water group, ** P < 0.05, compared with the ethanol group.
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Nutrition Journal

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