Table 1. OGH-TG mice have reduced cholesterol, insulin, and TSH levels and increased levels of thyroid hormone.

	Male		Female
Measurement	WT	OGH-TG	WT	OGH-TG
Body weight, g	31.6 ± 3.1	26.8 ± 3.6*	26.4 ± 3.2	20.5 ± 2.5*
Glucose, mg/dl	277 ± 10	214 ± 25*	214 ± 10	213 ± 17
Triglycerides, mg/dl	121 ± 15	76 ± 7*	80 ± 11	76 ± 6
Cholesterol, mg/dl	118 ± 9	71 ± 7*	90 ± 5	69 ± 6*
Insulin, ng/ml	2.5 ± 0.18	1.9 ± 0.15*	ND	ND
TSH, ng/ml	(174 ± 13)	(132 ± 5*)	95 ± 3	93 ± 9
T3, ng/dl	(84 ± 5)	(130 ± 10*)	69 ± 7	119 ± 14*
T4 μg/dl	(2.8 ± 0.2)	(6.9 ± 1.1*)	3.5 ± 0.3	5.7 ± 1.0*

Groups of male and female mice were fasted overnight and killed on the next morning for serum collection. Mice were 5 months old, except for values in parentheses, for which the mice were 2 months old. ND, no data. ^*, P<0.05, compared with WT littermate controls (one-way ANOVA).