Table 1.
Morphometric measurements and PIXImus body composition phenotypes in B6 mice, by gender 2 and season (mean value +/− SE).
| Sex | Female | Male | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Winter | Summer | Winter | Summer |
| N | 23 | 20 | 18 | 21 |
| Body weight (g) | 21.08 +/− 0.44 | 21.84 +/− 0.47 | 29.17 +/− 0.55a | 27.17 +/− 0.51 |
| Femur length (mm) | 15.64 +/− 0.05 | 15.60 +/− 0.05 | 16.00 +/− 0.06 | 15.97 +/− 0.06 |
| aBMD (g/cm2) | 0.0484 +/− 0.0003 | 0.0488 +/− 0.0003 | 0.0519 +/− 0.0005 | 0.0511 +/− 0.0005 |
| BMC (g) | 0.463 +/− 0.005 | 0.458 +/− 0.006 | 0.531 +/− 0.011 | 0.521 +/− 0.010 |
| % fat | 19.70 +/− 0.60 | 20.15 +/− 0.64 | 19.44 +/− 0.95 | 18.31 +/− 0.88 |
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