Table 1.

Food intake, and body and organ weights in 16 week old rats

	NL(n = 10)	SL(n = 10)
Food intak (g/d)	28.67 ± 2.07	29.83 ± 2.32
Body weight (BW) (g)	464.8 ± 22.4	534.8 ± 35.8***
Organ weights
Liver (g)	11.4 ± 0.8	13.0 ± 1.0**
Epididymal fat pad (g)	6.1 ± 1.0	8.5 ± 1.8**
Perirenal fat pad (g)	10.9 ± 2.9	13.0 ± 2.7
Gastrocnemius (g)	5.9 ± 0.4	6.4 ± 0.3**
Liver/BW (%)	2.33 ± 0.16	2.43 ± 0.12
Epididymal fat/BW (%)	1.24 ± 0.14	1.58 ± 0.28*
Perirenal fat/BW (%)	2.20 ± 0.48	2.42 ± 0.43
Gastrocnemius/BW (%)	1.20 ± 0.04	1.21 ± 0.07

Values are mean ± S.E.M. (n = 10, 4 litters from each group). NL: normal litter; SL: small litter, ^* P < 0.05, ^** P < 0.01, ^*** P < 0.001