Table 2 Dietary in vivo digestibility of the experimental diets.

From: Non-invasive continuous real-time in vivo analysis of microbial hydrogen production shows adaptation to fermentable carbohydrates in mice

 

Females

Males

HDD

LDD

P value

HDD

LDD

P value

Food intake (g)

2.53 ± 0.05

2.71 ± 0.24

0.1942

2.82 ± 0.21

2.86 ± 0.37

0.8489

Gross energy intake (kJ)

48.01 ± 0.92

53.08 ± 4.76

0.0816

53.36 ± 4.01

55.88 ± 7.18

0.5634

Faeces weight (g)

0.20 ± 0.01

0.41 ± 0.06

0.0006

0.24 ± 0.02

0.45 ± 0.05

0.0002

Faeces gross energy (kJ g−1)

15.48 ± 0.26

16.18 ± 0.24

0.0072

15.94 ± 0.27

16.01 ± 0.23

0.7227

Faeces energy loss (kJ)

3.10 ± 0.12

6.68 ± 1.08

0.0006

3.74 ± 0.22

7.26 ± 0.78

0.0001

Digestible energy intake (kJ)

44.91 ± 0.91

46.40 ± 3.70

0.4645

49.63 ± 3.80

48.62 ± 6.44

0.7967

Diet digestibility (%)

93.6 ± 0.2

87.5 ± 0.9

<0.0001

93.0 ± 0.2

87.0 ± 0.6

<0.0001

  1. Energy balance calculated over the third week of exposure to the diets in females and males (n = 4 per sex and diet) and expressed per day. Statistical comparisons by Student’s t-test within sex. Data reported as mean ± s.d.
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