Table 2.

Body weight, organs weight, and glucose levels in ad libitum-fed and fasting state and glucagon levels in male and female cort−/− mice vs. littermate controls (cort+/+)

	Males		Females
	cort+/+ (mean ± sem)	cort−/− (mean ± sem)	cort+/+ (mean ± sem)	cort−/− (mean ± sem)
Body weight (g)	26.61 ± 0.57	25.87 ± 0.66	20.64 ± 0.44	20.01 ± 0.25
Visceral fat (g)	0.44 ± 0.03	0.43 ± 0.04	0.33 ± 0.04	0.25 ± 0.02
Subcutaneous fat (g)	0.29 ± 0.02	0.25 ± 0.02	0.20 ± 0.03	0.16 ± 0.03
Liver (g)	1.13 ± 0.05	1.08 ± 0.06	0.95 ± 0.04	0.88 ± 0.01
Pancreas (g)	0.12 ± 0.02	0.13 ± 0.02	0.10 ± 0.00	0.09 ± 0.00
Glucose; fed (mg/dl)	169.00 ± 10.04	146.25 ± 16.27	160.10 ± 9.86	156.37 ± 9.81
Glucose; fasted (mg/dl)	121.67 ± 9.67	137.75 ± 7.77	101.30 ± 8.61	118.13 ± 12.16
Glucagon (ng/ml)	2.79 ± 0.69	2.14 ± 0.21	2.69 ± 0.15	2.97 ± 0.45

Values represent the mean ± sem of five to eight mice/genotype per gender.