showed a trendp < 0.05
This was confirmed by the comparison of proportional weight gain between CTRL and MSG groups, which showed a trend to increase (9.64 ± 2.72 g and 7.91 ± 3.46 g, respectively), whereas MSG-Syz maintained their weight (− 1.10 ± 2.05 g, p < 0.05; Fig. 1 b).