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. 2013 Feb 28;8(2):e55174. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0055174

Figure 1. MIC-1−/− are heavier than MIC-1+/+ mice.

Figure 1

(A) Male and (B) female MIC-1−/− mice and syngeneic control MIC-1+/+ mice were weighed once every four weeks from age of 4 weeks to 1 year. Both male and female MIC-1−/− mice were on average 6–10% heavier than the MIC-1+/+ mice (male n = 13/group, p = 0.04; female n = 13/group, p = 0.01 repeated measures ANOVA). The weight difference between genotypes appeared from the age of 4 weeks with increased weight differences with ageing in both (C) male and (D) female mice (male n = 13/group, p = 0.044, r2 = 0.32; female n = 13/group p<0.001, r2 = 0.55, linear regression). Data expressed as mean ± SE.