Table 1.
Biometric and metabolic parameters of wild type and MLC/mIGF-1 mice.
| Wild type | MLC/mIGF-1 | t-test | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | SEM | n | Mean | SEM | n | ||
| Body weight (g) | 31.8 | 0.6 | 9 | 37.4 | 0.3 | 6 | P < 0.0001 |
| Animal length | 10.2 | 0.05 | 9 | 10.4 | 0.06 | 6 | n.s. |
| Daily food intake/body weight | 0.21 | 0.007 | 6 | 0.18 | 0.005 | 6 | P < 0.05 |
| Cholesterol (mg/dL) | 163 | 1.4 | 6 | 166 | 0.4 | 6 | n.s. |
| Triglycerides (mg/dL) | 118 | 3.2 | 6 | 115 | 5.3 | 5 | n.s. |
| Glucose (mg/dL) | 138 | 9.7 | 6 | 150 | 8.3 | 6 | n.s. |
| Epididymal WAT (g) | 0.4 | 0.06 | 9 | 0.5 | 0.05 | 6 | n.s. |
| Epididymal WAT/body weight | 1.2 | 0.2 | 9 | 1.3 | 0.1 | 6 | n.s. |
| % body fat | 4.7 | 0.6 | 5 | 4.0 | 0.6 | 3 | n.s. |
| O2 consumption (mL/min/kg) | 77.7 | 6.3 | 7 | 67.2 | 4.5 | 7 | n.s. |
| Respiratory quotient (RQ) | 0.74 | 0.02 | 7 | 0.90 | 0.03 | 7 | P < 0.001 |