Table 1.

Body size and body composition in female FVB/J and C57BL/6J mice fed a normal (N) or high fat (HF) diet from 3 wks of age to 6, 12, or 20 wks of age (mean ± SD).

	B6												FVB												Pdiet	Pstrain⁎ diet	Pstrain⁎diet⁎age
	6 wks				12 wks				20 wks				6 wks				12 wks				20 wks
	N		HF		N		HF		N		HF		N		HF		N		HF		N		HF
	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD
Femur length (mm)	13.88	0.64	14.21	0.26	15.01	0.21	15.29	0.22	15.77	0.26	15.91	0.17	13.28	0.34	13.59	0.35	14.59	0.22	14.62	0.18	15.06	0.24	15.01	0.23	0.002	NS	NS
WBBMC/BM (g/g * 100)	1.58	0.19	1.62	0.12	1.86	0.12	1.64	0.16	2.10	0.07	1.61	0.16	1.55	0.12	1.52	0.11	1.88	0.19	1.84	0.22	1.94	0.12	1.78	0.12	≤0.002	NS	NS
Gonadal WAT (g)	0.28	0.08	0.27	0.10	0.34	0.09	0.79	0.29	0.27	0.04	1.30	0.45	0.47	0.16	N/A	N/A	0.58	0.17	0.66	0.20	0.77	0.30	0.96	0.35	<0.001	<0.001	0.028

Bolded values indicate significant pairwise differences within each strain at a given age (p < 0.05). Pairwise comparisons were performed for variables with overall significance in the GLM, as shown at right.