Table 3.
Ratio of Coefficient of Variation* compared to age-matched C57/bl6
| interbranch lengths | |||||
| entry to 1st | 1st to 2nd | 2nd to 3rd | 3rd to last | ||
| db/db:age-matched C57/bl6 | 0.35 | 0.80 | |||
| ob/ob:age-matched C57/bl6 | 1.61 | 0.96 | 1.35 | 0.53 | |
| old:age-matched C57/bl6 | 1.12 | 0.44 | 1.59 | 0.58 | |
| feed diameter | |||||
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | last | ||
| db/db:age-matched C57/bl6 | 0.75 | 0.78 | |||
| ob/ob:age-matched C57/bl6 | 1.56 | 1.12 | 0.64 | 1.00 | |
| old:age-matched C57/bl6 | 1.44 | 1.03 | 1.19 | 0.39 | |
| branch diameter | |||||
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | last | ||
| db/db:age-matched C57/bl6 | 1.27 | 1.34 | |||
| ob/ob:age-matched C57/bl6 | 2.29 | 1.44 | 1.25 | 1.09 | |
| old:age-matched C57/bl6 | 1.58 | 0.85 | 2.50 | 0.40 | |
| flux as fraction of inflow | |||||
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | last | last Feed | |
| db/db:age-matched C57/bl6 | 1.27 | 1.24 | 0.53 | ||
| ob/ob:age-matched C57/bl6 | 1.55 | 1.60 | 1.27 | 4.51 | 0.92 |
| old:age-matched C57/bl6 | 0.65 | 1.23 | 1.04 | 1.09 | 1.10 |
| flux cells/s | |||||
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | last | last Feed | |
| db/db:age-matched C57/bl6 | 0.55 | 0.69 | 0.57 | ||
| ob/ob:age-matched C57/bl6 | 1.09 | 2.08 | 0.17 | 0.85 | 1.27 |
| old:age-matched C57/bl6 | 2.68 | 1.34 | 3.19 | 1.72 | 1.02 |
entries are the ratio of the coefficient of variation, CV = sd/mean, for the test groups divided by the CV for the age-matched C57/bl6.