Table 1.

Body composition, food and water consumption, and adrenal weight

Test	Density (mice/pen)	Density group		Sex
		Mean ± SEM	P value	Mean ± SEM		P value
				Females	Males
Bone mineral density (g/cm2)*1	5	0.0469 ± 0.0003	ns	0.0460 ± 0.0003	0.0477 ± 0.0003	0.0002
	9	0.0476 ± 0.0004		0.0466 ± 0.0005	0.0484 ± 0.0004
% Body fat*1	5	20.9 ± 1.3	ns	23.8 ± 1.6	17.9 ± 0.6	0.001
	9	21.4 ± 0.6		22.6 ± 1.0	20.4 ± 0.4
Food consumption (g/wk)2	5	18.5 ± 0.2	0.02	20.2 ± 0.2	16.9 ± 0.2	<0.0001
	9	17.5 ± 0.2		19.2 ± 0.2	15.8 ± 0.1
Water consumption (g/wk)2	5	17.8 ± 0.2	0.053	19.8 ± 0.2	16.0 ± 0.2	<0.0001
	9	17.5 ± 0.2		19.6 ± 0.3	15.3 ± 0.2
Adrenal weight (mg)*3	5	6.8 ± 0.4	0.001	7.6 ± 0.4	6.0 ± 0.5	<0.0001
	9	5.4 ± 0.4		6.4 ± 0.3	4.4 ± 0.2

^*The difference between sexes reached statistical significance at P < 0.05; however, the interaction between sex and density did not.

¹Transformations applied:sqrt.

²Food and water consumption are normalized to a 25-gram mouse.

³For adrenal weight, body weight was not found to be a significant covariate (P < 0.05).