TABLE 3.
Effect of age and sex on body weight of WAG/Rij rats.
| Age (month) |
BODY WEIGHT (gram; mean ± SEM) |
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| Female (significance: compared to 1st month) | Male (significance: compared to 1st month) | Female vs. male: significance | |
| 1st | 81.00 ± 1.62 (−) | 101.38 ± 1.43 (−) | ****/<0.0001 |
| 2nd | 133.88 ± 3.01 (****/<0.0001) | 219.63 ± 2.52 (****/<0.0001) | ****/<0.0001 |
| 3rd | 153.00 ± 3.32 (****/<0.0001) | 267.13 ± 3.02 (****/<0.0001) | ****/<0.0001 |
| 4th | 162.00 ± 3.18 (****/<0.0001) | 289.88 ± 3.74 (****/<0.0001) | ****/<0.0001 |
| 5th | 169.00 ± 4.11 (****/<0.0001) | 305.38 ± 4.65 (****/<0.0001) | ****/<0.0001 |
| 6th | 163.50 ± 3.51 (****/<0.0001) | 322.25 ± 5.50 (****/<0.0001) | ****/<0.0001 |
| 7th | 165.75 ± 3.96 (****/<0.0001) | 331.63 ± 5.89 (****/<0.0001) | ****/<0.0001 |
| 8th | 168.88 ± 3.80 (****/<0.0001) | 341.50 ± 6.46 (****/<0.0001) | ****/<0.0001 |
| 9th | 170.63 ± 4.11 (****/<0.0001) | 341.25 ± 6.81 (****/<0.0001) | ****/<0.0001 |
| 10th | 175.00 ± 4.46 (****/<0.0001) | 342.38 ± 9.52 (****/<0.0001) | ****/<0.0001 |
| 11th | 174.38 ± 4.84 (****/<0.0001) | 332.38 ± 9.56 (****/<0.0001) | ****/<0.0001 |
| 12th | 173.88 ± 5.39 (****/<0.0001) | 322.38 ± 10.29 (****/<0.0001) | ****/<0.0001 |
| 13th | 171.13 ± 4.69 (****/<0.0001) | 315.13 ± 10.56 (****/<0.0001) | ****/<0.0001 |
| 14th | 170.13 ± 5.41 (****/<0.0001) | 309.75 ± 11.80 (****/<0.0001) | ****/<0.0001 |
| 15th | 159.63 ± 5.77 (****/<0.0001) | 299.13 ± 13.08 (****/<0.0001) | ****/<0.0001 |
| 16th | 152.50 ± 5.58 (***/0.0001) | 286.38 ± 14.51 (***/0.0001) | ***/0.0002 |
| 17th | 140.38 ± 5.51 (***/0.0003) | 267.00 ± 15.25 (***/0.0004) | ***/0.0005 |
***p < 0.001; ****p < 0.0001.