Table 1.

Growth parameters for control and macrosomic adult mice following administration of a hypercaloric high fat diet

	Male control	Male macrosomic	Female control	Female macrosomic
Mice, n	14	12	15	12
Weight, g††	44.6 ± 0.9	47.7 ± 1.1**	42.3 ± 1.2	44.1 ± 1.6
Brain, mg/g†	13.2 ± 0.7	12.2 ± 0.6	18.0 ± 0.4	16.0 ± 0.6*
Heart, mg/g††	5.1 ± 0.2	5.0 ± 0.4	6.1 ± 0.3	6.1 ± 0.4
Liver, mg/g††	61 ± 4	69 ± 6	52 ± 2	52 ± 3
Kidneys, mg/g	14.1 ± 0.9	13.2 ± 1.0	14.8 ± 0.5	15.2 ± 1.1
White adipose, mg/g††	101 ± 17	95 ± 5	213 ± 14	207 ± 25
Brown adipose. mg/g	7.5 ± 0.6	8.5 ± 0.7	8.7 ± 1.0	7.9 ± 1.3

^*p < 0.05 or

^**p < 0.01 versus control by ANOVA

^†p < 0.05 or

^††p < 0.01 for male versus female by ANOVA.