Table 1.

Anthropometric measurements of transgenic and wild-type mice

	WT (n = 7)	ob/ob (n = 7)	WT-LoxTB (n = 7)	LoxTB MC4R−/− (n = 7)
Age, wk	36–45	36–45	36–45	36–45
Body weight, g	34.7 ± 1.0	80.4 ± 3.9*‡	38.0 ± 2.3	56.9 ± 2.8†
Body length, cm	10.2 ± 0.1	10.6 ± 0.1*	10.2 ± 0.2	10.4 ± 0.1
Liver, g	1.81 ± 0.08	4.74 ± 0.37*	1.70 ± 0.16	4.41 ± 0.75†
Kidney, g	0.24 ± 0.01	0.28 ± 0.01*	0.25 ± 0.02	0.28 ± 0.01†
Brain, g	0.45 ± 0.01	0.41 ± 0.02*	0.48 ± 0.01	0.45 ± 0.01
Heart, g	0.16 ± 0.01	0.23 ± 0.02*	0.16 ± 0.01	0.20 ± 0.01†
Epididymal fat, g	0.99 ± 0.21	1.36 ± 0.08*	0.93 ± 0.18	1.54 ± 0.16†
Brown adipose tissue, g	0.30 ± 0.03	0.28 ± 0.04‡	0.36 ± 0.03	0.80 ± 0.06†
Visceral fat, g	0.35 ± 0.06	1.96 ± 0.18*‡	0.58 ± 0.11	1.16 ± 0.14†
Perirenal fat, g	0.41 ± 0.08	3.58 ± 0.02*‡	0.54 ± 0.09	1.11 ± 0.07†

Values are means ± SE. WT, wild-type.

^*P < 0.05 compared with WT.

^†P < 0.05 compared with WT-LoxTB.

^‡P < 0.05 compared with LoxTB MC4R−/−.