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Table 1 Body weight, BCS and body composition of the obese (OG), lean (LG) and weight loss group (WLG)

From: Weight-loss in obese dogs promotes important shifts in fecal microbiota profile to the extent of resembling microbiota of lean dogs

Variable

OG

LG

WLG

SEM

P value

BCS1

9A

5B

5.7B

0.8819

< 0.0001

Body weight (kg)

22.8

14.96

17.67

3.309

0.2529

Fat mass (kg)

8.42A

2.89B

4.34B

1.5978

0.0053

Lean mass (kg)

14.37

12.29

13.33

2.3602

0.8259

Fat mass (%)

36.93A

17.21B

24.05B

2.0391

< .0001

Lean mass (%)

63.06A

82.48B

75.95B

2.0391

< 0.0001

  1. 1Body condition score
  2. A−BMeans followed by different letters in the lines differ by 5% in the Tukey test adjusted by Proc Mixed
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Animal Microbiome

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