Supplementation of diet with krill oil protects against experimental rheumatoid arthritis

Table 3 Clinical arthritis scores and arthritis incidence (%) in DBA/1 mice following induction of collagen-induced arthritis with collagen boost on study day 47

		Day
		45	47	50	52	54	56	58	60	62	64	68
Control	Mean Clinical Arthritis Score	0.21	0.21	0.29	0.43	1.36	1.79	5.07	8.71	9.07	10.93	11.29
	SEM	0.15	0.15	0.22	0.25	0.48	0.58	0.71	0.86	0.69	0.92	0.90
	% Arthritis Incidence	14.3	14.3	14.3	21.4	42.9	57.1	92.9	100	100	100	100
	n =	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
	Number of survivors	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	6	6
Fish Oil	Mean Clinical Arthritis Score	0	0.07	0.14	0.14	0	0	1.50	6.21	7.14	7.57	8.36
	SEM	0	0.07	0.10	0.10	0	0	0.51	0.76	0.92	1.08	1.01
	% Arthritis Incidence	0	7.1	14.3	14.3	0	0	57.1	100	100	100	100
	n =	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
	Number of survivors	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	11	9	9
Krill Oil	Mean Clinical Arthritis Score	0	0	0	0	0.23	0.31	1.15	4.69	4.54	5.23	5.92
	SEM	0	0	0	0	0.17	0.24	0.39	1.00	1.04	1.15	1.44
	% Arthritis Incidence	0	0	0	0	15.4	15.4	46.2	76.9	76.9	84.6	76.9
	n =	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
	Number of survivors	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	11	11

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