Table 1.

Tissue weights and body mass assessment. Chronic adolescent stress in males caused impaired weight gain after initiation of the stress model. Chronic adolescent stress in females caused no differences in weight gain.

	N	Male Control	Stress	Female Control	Stress
PND 23 (g)	20–23	80.3 ± 1.6	79.0 ± 1.7	72.7 ± 1.8	73.3 ± 0.9
PND 35 (g)	20–23	182.4 ± 2.8	178.7 ± 3.1	142.4 ± 2.5	146.5 ± 2.0
PND 40 (g)	20–23	224.8 ± 3.4	208.3 ± 3.7 *	161.9 ± 3.1	160.7 ± 2.2
PND 47 (g)	20–23	284.8 ± 4.3	253.7 ± 4.2 *	186.1 ± 3.4	185.7 ± 2.9
PND 49 (g)	20–23	305.5 ± 4.9	282.3 ± 4.3 *	194.1 ± 3.2	200.0 ± 3.0
Adrenal weight (mg)	17–20	86.70 ± 4.50	90.37 ± 2.32	90.81 ± 3.30	88.18 ± 3.20
Testes weight (g)	20–23	1.89 ± 0.03	2.07 ± 0.06 †	–	–
Uterine weight (mg)	14–17	–	–	358.6 ± 12.72	378.8 ± 17.89

^*p < 0.05 Bonferroni post hoc test,

^†p < 0.05 Student's t test. Data are presented as mean ± SEM.