Effect of bowel rehabilitative therapy on structural adaptation of remnant small intestine: animal experiment

Table 3 Comparison of body mass before and after operation between each experiment groups (n = 6, x^-± s, g)

Groups	Day 0	Day 3	Day 6	Day 9	Day 12
TPNcon	276.3 ± 9.0	247.8 ± 7.4	255.5 ± 3.6	256.8 ± 3.4	257.3 ± 2.9
TPN + Gln	277.0 ± 6.1	249.7 ± 6.5	256.7 ± 4.0	258.7 ± 3.7	259.3 ± 2.9
Encon	278.8 ± 7.8	251.2 ± 8.0	244.7 ± 3.2a	250.7 ± 3.5a	257.3 ± 3.3
EN + Gln	279.8 ± 8.9	251.8 ± 7.1	246.5 ± 3.4a	252.8 ± 2.7	258.0 ± 2.5
EN + fib	280.5 ± 8.0	253.8 ± 6.6	252.2 ± 2.0b	261.8 ± 3.4b	270.7 ± 3.6ab
EN + GH	278.7 ± 12.9	255.7 ± 6.2	247.8 ± 2.3a	257.5 ± 3.3b	265.7 ± 3.3ab
ENint	278.8 ± 8.1	255.5 ± 6.2	260.5 ± 2.4bcd	272.7 ± 2.3abcd	280.5 ± 2.2abcd

^aP < 0.05, vs TPNcon;

^bP < 0.05, vs ENcon;

^cP < 0.05, vs EN + Fib;

^dP < 0.05, vs EN + GH. Day 0, refers to the day operation was performed, from which the time was dated.