Table 2. Comparison of body weight and systolic blood pressure (SBP) measurements from mice analysed within the present study.
Egg-NPD | Egg-LPD | NPD | LPD | Emb-LPD | ||
Males | Weight at 3 weeks | 16.1±0.9 | 15.8±0.7 | 13.0±0.5 | 13.7±0.5 | 13.2±0.5 |
Weight at 6 months | 46.7±0.7 | 49.5±0.7 | 47.2±1.7 | 48.5±2 | 47.3±1.6 | |
SBP at 21 weeks | 109.0±0.6 | 113.1±1.3 | 110.8±1.6 | 110.1±0.7 | 111.0±1.9 | |
Females | Weight at 3 weeks | 15.9±0.8 | 15.8±0.5 | 13.0±0.6 | 13.1±0.4 | 12.7±0.4 |
Weight at 6 months | 40.1±0.8 | 41.6±0.7 | 37.3±1 | 38.5±1.2 | 41.9±1.6* | |
SBP at 21 weeks | 105.8±1.5 | 110.3±2.0 | 110.7±1.7 | 113.6±1.4 | 111.9±2.0 |
Values are means ± SEM for 9–13, 11–12, 9–12, 8–10 and 9–11 Egg-NPD, Egg-LPD, NPD, LPD and Emb-LPD males and females respectively;
*P = 0.023 when compared to NPD females.