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Table 1 Mean food intake and mean bodyweight decreased at 8 week postsurgery compared to presurgery

From: Absorbable suture can be effectively and safely used to close the mesenteric defect in a gastric bypass Sprague-Dawley rat model

 

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Group E

P value

MFI presurgery (g)

34.2 ± 2.6

33.4 ± 3.0

35.3 ± 3.2

34.5 ± 2.4

34.3 ± 2.1

 

MFI 8 W postsurgery (g)

25.4 ± 3.7

25.0 ± 2.0

26.6 ± 1.7

25.7 ± 1.2

25.1 ± 1.9

 

MFI decrease %

25.9 ± 6.7

24.9 ± 6.3

24.4 ± 4.9

25.2 ± 4.6

26.7 ± 4.2

>0.05

MBW presurgery (g)

361.7 ± 6.1

363.6 ± 6.9

364.4 ± 9.7

366.0 ± 7.2

367.0 ± 9.2

 

MBW 8 W postsurgery (g)

311.3 ± 8.0

312.2 ± 9.9

306.7 ± 22.2

312.3 ± 14.6

312.5 ± 12.9

 

MBW decrease %

13.9 ± 2.1

14.2 ± 1.4

15.9 ± 5.3

14.6 ± 5.1

14.8 ± 3.8

>0.05

  1. MFI Mean food intake, MBW Mean bodyweight, W Week