Figure 3.

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

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

Values are reported as the means±SE (N= 32 in each group)