Beneficial effect of an omega-6 PUFA-rich diet in non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug-induced mucosal damage in the murine small intestine

Table 5 Effect of dietary fat treatment on infiltrating cell score¹

Lipid	Diet
	R	BT	FO	SO
Without IND (mm2)	1	1	1	1
With IND (mm2)	2.0 ± 0.22	2.9 ± 0.23ab	2.7 ± 0.24ab	1.9 ± 0.14

¹Values are represented as mean ± SEM; n = 8-12;

^aP < 0.05 vs IND;

^bP < 0.05 vs IND + SO. The number of infiltrating cells was calculated as the number of cells per millimeter of muscularis mucosa and graded as follows: grade 1, less than 30 cells/mm; grade 2, 30-59 cells/mm; grade 3, 60-89 cells/mm; and grade 4, over 90 cells/mm. FO: Fish oil; SO: Seed oil; BT: Beef tallow; IND: Indomethacin; R: Reference diet (CE-2).