Table 1. Phenotypic characteristics of 3 month old WT and AdTg mice.

	Females		Males
	WT	AdTg	WT	AdTg
Body Weight (g)	22.5±0.8	22.2±0.5	28.0±0.8	27.4±0.6
Femur Length (mm)	14.9±0.1	14.7±0.3	15.2±0.2	15.0±0.1
Tibia Length (mm)	18.1±0.2	17.3±0.2**	18.6±0.2	17.7±0.1*
Blood Glucose (mgdL)	131.3±16.2	137.3±11.8	142.7±15.3	133.0±13.9
Adiponectin (ug/ml)	38.5±3.8	61.1±2.1*	25.3±2.8	43.8±6.2*
HMW Adiponectin (ug/ml)	7.5±0.3	10.4±0.1**	6.9±0.2	9.1±0.1

WT, wild type; AdTG, adiponectin transgenic mice; HMW, high molecular weight

The values are expressed as the mean ± SEM (n = 4–8). P<0.05*; P<0.01** significantly different from WT.