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. 2013 Apr 12;154(6):2069–2080. doi: 10.1210/en.2012-2034

Table 1.

Phenotypic Characteristics of APKO and WT Mice Aged 12 and 20 Weeks

	Male				Female
	12 weeks		20 weeks		12 weeks		20 weeks
	WT	APKO	WT	APKO	WT	APKO	WT	APKO
Body weight (g)	26.2 ± 2.3	28.6 ± 2.7	27.2 ± 2.6	29.6 ± 3.5	20.7 ± 0.7	21.8 ± 1.0	21.4 ± 1.0	22.9 ± 1.8
Femoral length (mm)	15.9 ± 0.2	15.4 ± 0.3	15.6 ± 0.3	15.3 ± 0.3	15.8 ± 0.4	15.6 ± 0.3	16.0 ± 0.2	15.9 ± 0.3
Glucose (mg/dL)	66.1 ± 14.8	61.7 ± 11.1	71.8 ± 16.7	63.8 ± 14.2	67.2 ± 15.3	62.8 ± 14.2	67.0 ± 12.4	58.5 ± 13.9
Insulin (ng/mL)	0.92 ± 0.15	1.31 ± 0.31^a	0.77 ± 0.43	1.23 ± 0.14^a	0.44 ± 0.22	0.75 ± 0.51	0.50 ± 0.26	0.93 ± 0.27
Adiponectin (μg/mL)	21.4 ± 2.7	17.4 ± 1.9^a	17.2 ± 2.7	13.8 ± 2.2^a	30.7 ± 5.3	28.9 ± 3.5	24.7 ± 2.6	26.1 ± 2.6

The values are the mean ± SD (n = 6–10 per group).

^a

Statistically significant changes relative to age- and sex-matched controls, P < .05.