Table 1.

Morphometric measurements, food intake and food efficiency ratio (FER) in all groups

Parameters	2 weeks		4 weeks
	Rapamycin, N = 6	Control, N = 6	Rapamycin, N = 7	Control, N = 7
Change in body weighta (grams)	63 ± 6d, e	73 ± 8d	128 ± 7f	159 ± 11
Change in body lengtha (centimeters)	7.6 ± 0.6d, e	8.6 ± 0.5d	13 ± 1.2f	16 ± 0.7
Tibial Lengthb (centimeters)	3.0 ± 0.05d, e	3.2 ± 0.05d	3.4 ± 0.09f	3.7 ± 0.15
Total food intakeb (grams)	185 ± 1.8	183 ± 5.3	390 ± 32	410 ± 4.8
Food Efficiency Ratioc (FER)	3.0 ± 0.5e	2.6 ± 0.6	3.0 ± 0.5f	2.6 ± 0.3

^aDifference between measurements at 2 or 4 weeks and baseline

^bObtained at the time of sacrifice

^cTotal food consumed/weight gain during the study period

^dp < 0.0001, 2 weeks versus 4 weeks (same group)

^ep < 0.001, rapamycin versus control at 2 weeks

^fp < 0.0001, rapamycin versus control at 4 weeks