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. 2012 Nov 7;7(11):e48790. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0048790

Table 2. 24 hour energy expenditure (EE) and respiratory quotient (RQ) in ShcKO and wild-type (WT) mice housed at 22°C or 12°C.1 .

P66 Shc(−/−) WT P Value
3 mo 15 mo 27 mo 3 mo 15 mo 27 mo Geno Age Geno*Age
22°C
RQ 0.921±0.011 0.904±0.004 0.939±0.015 0.917±0.008 0.883±0.004 0.906±0.006 0.050 0.067 0.912
RQMEI α 0.919±0.010 0.908±0.013 0.938±0.010 0.914±0.007 0.885±0.012 0.909±0.007 0.020 0.051 0.912
EE (kJ/mouse) 40.072±0.664a 43.475±1.398b 39.406±0.922a 42.722±0.993a 47.943±1.108b 43.846±1.465a 0.0003 0.0047 0.685
EEBW (kJ)¥ 42.173±1.001a 41.218±1.194a 38.577±0.812b 47.024±1.174a 44.240±1.606a 40.301±1.094b 0.012 0.0001 0.929
EEFFM (kJ)$ 42.822±1.409a 41.277±1.374a 37.816±1.064b 45.997±1.566a 44.979±2.121a 41.195±1.434b 0.115 0.0009 0.822
EEORGAN (kJ)+ 42.439±1.413a 42.848±1.072a 38.782±0.890b 46.593±1.833a 45.506±1.806a 42.451±1.041b 0.006 0.002 0.495
12°C
RQ 0.907±0.013 0.886±0.003 0.888±0.007 0.897±0.009 0.882±0.003 0.883±0.006 0.412 0.077 0.506
RQMEI α 0.908±0.009a 0.883±0.010b 0.888±0.008ab 0.896±0.005a 0.877±0.009b 0.887±0.005ab 0.173 0.039 0.687
EE (kJ/mouse) 49.866±0.897a 53.558±1.523b 51.347±1.163ab 53.431±1.769a 60.262±1.688b 57.547±1.916ab 0.0002 0.0195 0.311
EEBW (kJ)¥ 51.004±1.513 52.338±1.695 51.149±1.091 58.531±2.106 56.689±2.598 54.204±1.694 0.005 0.595 0.098
EEFFM (kJ)$ 52.518±2.019 51.826±1.691 50.144±1.297 60.574±2.363 55.066±2.653 52.929±2.653 0.076 0.064 0.284
EEORGAN (kJ)+ 51.472±2.044 53.511±1.412 51.300±1.166 59.046±2.327 56.521±2.068 55.592±1.175 0.009 0.498 0.208

MEI, metabolizable energy intake; BW, body weight; FFM, fat-free mass; ORGAN, crude organ mass (sum of liver, kidney, heart, and brain mass); EE is expressed as EE kJ/mouse (kJ per mouse) and EEBW, FFM, ORGAN (kJ normalized by BW, FFM, and ORGAN).

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Data are presented as means ± SEM unless otherwise indicated; superscript letters that differ indicate differences between ages within temperature and genotype, Bonferroni corrected P values provided in table;