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. 2013 Jan 14;8(1):e53800. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0053800

Table 1. Body composition analyses of pregnant and non-pregnant dams.

	Control- not pregnant	Control- pregnant	CPS- pregnant
Body weight	244.8±9.50	380.4±5.49^*	360.4±6.14^*
Pancreas	0.528±0.024	0.716±0.023^*	0.698±0.024^*
Spleen	0.574±0.031	0.764±0.017^*	0.73±0.018^*
Epigonadal Fat	4.971±0.624	6.549±0.424	5.678±0.305
Retroperitoneal Fat	2.077±0.214	3.072±0.461^*	2.604±0.159^#
Adrenals	0.061±0.004	0.077±0.003^*	0.07±0.002
Kidneys	1.832±0.054	2.108±0.027^*	2.102±0.038^*
Heart	0.817±0.025	0.999±0.016^*	0.952±0.019^*
Liver	10.237±0.336	15.22±0.274^*	13.939±0.253^* ^#
Gastrocnemius muscle	2.864±0.074	3.283±0.062^*	3.223±0.07^*
Brain	1.886±0.034	1.958±0.019	1.986±0.02

^*

significantly different to non-pregnant controls, P<0.05.

^#

significantly different to pregnant controls, P<0.05.

Pregnant dams were killed at 4 hour intervals over 24 hours (n = 32 per group), whereas non-pregnant animals were killed at 0800 h (n = 10).