. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 May 11.

Published in final edited form as: Pflugers Arch. 2008 Aug 19;457(5):989–1001. doi: 10.1007/s00424-008-0574-6

Table 1.

Body weight, tibia length, and spleen weight in 13, 18, and 22-wk-old Apc^Min/+ mice. Large polyps were greater or equal to 2 mm in diameter. Values are means ± SE.

Age (weeks)	13	18	22
Body weight (g)	23.4 ± 0.6	23.1 ± 1.1	22.6 ± 1.1
Tibia length (mm)	15.8 ± 0.1	16.6 ± 0.1^*	16.7 ± 0.1^*
Epididymal fat pad (mg)	214 ± 24	171 ± 56	47 ± 45^*
Spleen weight (mg)	167 ± 13	346 ± 37^*	484 ± 71^*
Polyp number (#)	105 ± 14	119 ± 17	102 ± 10
Large polyp no. (#)	7 ± 2	40 ± 8^*	56 ± 7^*
Plasma IL-6 (pg/ml)	3.8 ± 0.8	17.5 ± 5.6^*	12.5 ± 3.1^*

Signifies different from 13-wk-old.