Table 1.

Body weight, liver weight, and liver cholesterol content in control and low protein offspring in the fed and fasted states.

	Males				Females
	Control offspring		Low Protein offspring		Control offspring		Low Protein offspring
Parameters	Fed State	Fasted State	Fed State	Fasted State	Fed State	Fasted State	Fed State	Fasted State
Body weight (g)	330 ± 7	304 ± 10	240 ± 6*	220 ± 7*	223 ± 10	203 ± 5	173 ± 5*	157 ± 3*
Liver weight (g)	12.2 ± 0.4	8.2 ± 0.6#	9.5 ± 0.3*	6.3 ± 0.2*#	7.1 ± 0.3	5.4 ± 0.2#	6.5 ± 0.1*	4.4 ± 0.2*#
% Liver weight$	3.7 ± 0.1	2.7 ± 0.1#	3.9 ± 0.1	2.9 ± 0.1#	3.4 ± 0.1	2.7 ± 0.1#	3.7 ± 0.1	2.8 ± 0.1#
Liver cholesterol content (µg/g liver tissue)	2540 ± 115	3027 ± 72#	2412 ± 67	3047 ± 100#	2549 ± 116	3724 ± 179#	2459 ± 65	4389 ± 322#

^*Significantly different from control group within the same feed status, p<0.05.

^#Significantly different from fed state within the same group, p<0.05.

^$percent of body weight

Values are mean ± SEM, n = 9 – 10