Lactobacillus acidophilus alleviates pouchitis after ileal pouch-anal anastomosis in rats

Figure 1 Changes in rat body weight during the experiment. A: Body weight changes in rats following pouchitis. Weight in the NI (63.50 ± 5.99) and NS groups (64.67 ± 11.93) continued to decline, while weight in the LA group initially decreased and then increased on day 4 of LA lavage (20.17 ± 3.25); B: The differences in body weight among the three groups were statistically significant (F = 61.34, P < 0.05), but there was no significant difference between the NI and NS groups (P > 0.05). NI: No Intervention group; NS: Normal Saline group; LA: Lactobacillus acidophilus group.