Figure 2.

Means of target gene expression in offspring according to the amounts of maternal dietary oil. The effects of the amount of maternal dietary oil, controlled by the type of oil on gene expression in bone; statistically evaluated by the Mann-Whitney-Wilcoxon test. In offspring born to soybean oil-fed mothers, significant differences were observed in OPG, RANK-L, the OPG/RANK-L ratio, beta-catenin, and PPARɤ2 gene expression between 16% and 45% oil-fed groups. The same results were observed in the offspring born to olive oil-fed mothers. (*P-value <0.05; **P-value<0.001)

OPG: osteoprotegerin; RANK-L: nuclear factor (NF-kB) ligand; PPRRɤ2: Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma 2