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Table 1 Effect of lithogenic diet on body weight, organ weights and plasma lipid levels

From: Alteration of gut microbiota in association with cholesterol gallstone formation in mice

 

Chow

LD

Initial body weight (g)

21.00 ± 0.76

21.73 ± 0.73

Final body weight (g)

21.48 ± 1.07

23.82 ± 1.24*

Liver weight (mg)

945.29 ± 160.66

1361.71 ± 179.72*

Gallbladder volume (μL)

13.29 ± 4.46

74.57 ± 29.38*

Plasma lipid

TC (mmol/L)

2.92 ± 0.35

4.49 ± 1.16*

HDL (mmol/L)

2.35 ± 0.24

3.24 ± 0.80*

LDL (mmol/L)

0.09 ± 0.04

1.24 ± 0.52*

  1. TC total cholesterol, HDL high-density lipoprotein, LDL low-density lipoprotein. ‘*’ represents p < 0.05