Effects of long-term ethanol consumption on jejunal lipase and disaccharidase activities in male and female rats

Table 1 Initial body weight, final body weight, liver weight, and relative liver weight in each group^1-4.

Groups	MC	ME	FC	FE	ANOVA
					Gender	Ethanol	Gender×ethanol
Body weight(g)
Initial	205±7	201±9	190±1	184±3	0.0113	NS	NS
Final	282±6	260±12	223±6	206±4	0.0001	0.0184	NS
Liver weight (g)
Relative liver	9.26±0.53	9.81±0.77	6.12±0.27	7.05±0.30	0.0001	NS	NS
weight (%)5	3.34±0.15	3.73±0.17	2.88±0.09	3.33±0.10	0.0072	0.0024	NS

¹Four groups were designed as follows: male control group (MC), male ethanol group (ME), female control group (FC), and female ethanol group (FE). ²Data are mean±SE (n = 10). ³Values in the same row with different superscripts are significantly different (P<0.05). ⁴Analyzed by two-way ANOVA; NS, no significant difference.

⁵Relative liver weight = liver weight/body weight×100%.