Table 3.

Body weight of mice as a function of age and comparisons of male and female body weight between ND and PD groups.

	Female PD N=17	Female ND N=27	t	df	p
PND 1	5.4±0.2	6.4±0.1	4.2	42	<0.001
PND 3	7.4±0.5	8.8±0.2 (n=25)	2.9	40	0.014
PND 34	132.9±3.8 (n=14)	145.7±2.8	2.7	39	0.01
PND 37-39	154.0±4.1	163.5±2.8	1.9	42	0.06
PND 40-42	174.9±4.7	183.8±3.1	1.6	42	0.11
PND 56	234.8±8.9	256.3±5.0	2.3	42	0.03
PND 59-61	249.9±9.4	277.5±4.7 (n=26)	2.9	41	0.006
PND 63-64	261.6±9.8	288.7±5.4 (n=26)	2.6	41	0.01
	Male PD N=21	Male ND N=25
PND 1	5.9±0.2	6.8±0.1	4.3	44	<0.001
PND 3	8.1±0.3	9.3±0.2 (n=24)	3.1	43	0.003
PND 34	158.8±5.5	162.7±2.5	0.6	44	0.5
PND 37-39	184.8±5.5	192.2±2.6	1.2	44	0.2
PND 40-42	218.1±6.4	225.0±3.6	1.0	44	0.4
PND 56	367.3±9.7	378.1±5.3	1.0	44	0.3
PND 59-61	396.2±11.7	409.2±6.1	1.0	44	0.3
PND 63-64	429.0±13.1	436.1±7.4	0.5	44	0.6

A range for the postnatal day (PND) is given for some days because rats were weighed and tested over that age range. Where some data are missing the number of subjects at that time point are indicated in parentheses.