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. 2018 Feb 26;8:3635. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-21650-0

Table 1.

Body Composition by sex from MGP mice.

Sex Males Females
Genotype WT KO WT KO
Mean (SD) Mean (SD) Mean (SD) Mean (SD)
Diet Control High Fat Control High Fat Control High Fat Control High Fat
(n = 8) (n = 14) (n = 8) (n = 7) (n = 11) (n = 11) (n = 9) (n = 6)
Mass/g 11 (3)ab 14 (3)b 8 (2)a 10 (2)a 11 (2)a 14 (3)b 7 (2)c 11 (2)a
Body Length/mm 46 (3)a 51 (3)b 40 (3)c 47 (3)ab 45 (3)a 51 (4)b 39 (3)c 46 (3)ab
Fat Vol/mm3 1100 (300)a 2000 (500)b 500 (200)c 1200 (200)a 1200 (400)a 2200 (500)b 400 (200)c 1600 (600)a
Soft Tissue Vol/mm3 6100 (1300)ab 8000 (2000)b 3900 (1000)a 5800 (1200)a 5700 (1000)a 7600 (1600)b 3100 (500)c 5600 (900)a
Bone Vol/mm3 260 (50)a 340 (70)b 220 (30)a 290 (50)ab 260 (40)a 360 (70)b 210 (30)a 280 (50)a
Calcified Tissue Vol/mm3 0a 0a 8 (1)b 9 (1)b 0a 0a 8 (1)b 8 (2)b
Fat as % of body 15 (2)a 19 (3)b 11 (2)c 16 (3)ab 16 (2)a 21 (2)b 11 (3)c 20 (3)b
Soft Tissue as % of body 81 (2)ac 77 (3)b 84 (1)c 80 (3)ab 80 (2)a 75 (2)b 83 (3)a 76 (3)b
Bone as % of body 3.6 (0.2)a 3.3 (0.2)a 4.8 (0.9)b 3.9 (0.4)a 3.7 (0.3)a 3.6 (0.2)a 5.6 (1.1)b 3.5 (0.5)a
Calcified Tissue as % of body 0a 0a 0.19 (0.05)b 0.13 (0.02)b 0a 0a 0.23 (0.05)b 0.11 (0.03)c

For each parameter measured, values with different superscript letters are significantly different from each other (p < 0.05) within the same sex.