Table 4. Comparison of female offspring body weight and systolic blood pressure (SBP) measurements of mice analysed within the present study (1 Year Cohort) with the same treatment group from the larger cohort (6 Month Cohort) from which they were selected.
Egg-NPD | Egg-LPD | NPD | LPD | Emb-LPD | ||||||
6 Month Cohort | 1 Year Cohort | 6 Month Cohort | 1 Year Cohort | 6 Month Cohort | 1 Year Cohort | 6 Month Cohort | 1 Year Cohort | 6 Month Cohort | 1 Year Cohort | |
Weight at 3 weeks | 15.0±0.8 | 15.9±0.8 | 14.5±0.5 | 15.8±0.5 | 12.3±0.4 | 13.0±0.6 | 12.6±0.2 | 13.1±0.4 | 13.4±0.3 | 12.7±0.4 |
Weight at 6 months | 40.2±0.8 | 40.3±0.8 | 40.3±0.7 | 41.6±0.7 | 39.5±1.1 | 37.3±1.0 | 39.9±0.6 | 38.5±1.2 | 42.8±0.7 | 41.9±1.6 |
SBP at 21 weeks | 102.6±0.8 | 105.8±1.5 | 108.8±1.24 | 110.3±2.0 | 104.2±1 | 110.7±1.7* | 110.4±1 | 113.6±1.4 | 112.1±0.9 | 111.9±2.0 |
Values are means ± SEM for 51–54, 50–57, 48–50, 48–50 and 48–49 Egg-NPD, Egg-LPD, NPD, LPD and Emb-LPD females respectively for the 6 month cohort and 10–12, 10–12, 12, 8–9 and 11 Egg-NPD, Egg-LPD, NPD, LPD and Emb-LPD females respectively for the 1 year cohort;
*P<0.05 when compared to the same treatment group.