TABLE 4.
Body weights in wild-type (+/+) and PPARβ-null (−/−) mice
| Time | Mean wt ± SEM for mice of indicated sex and genotypea
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| Male
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Female
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| +/+ | −/− | +/+ | −/− | |
| 3 days | 4.1 ± 0.1 | 3.4 ± 0.2* | 3.6 ± 0.2 | 2.9 ± 0.3* |
| 4 weeks | 15.9 ± 0.7 | 14.8 ± 0.5* | 14.8 ± 1.3 | 11.8 ± 0.4* |
| 8 weeks | 23.8 ± 1.1 | 22.3 ± 0.9* | 22.2 ± 0.5 | 18.0 ± 0.5* |
| 10 weeks | 27.6 ± 1.1 | 23.1 ± 1.4* | 24.0 ± 1.0 | 20.9 ± 1.0* |
| 48–54 weeks | 33.1 ± 0.7 | 31.3 ± 0.9 | 29.8 ± 0.9 | 25.4 ± 0.9* |
a
A total of 8, 5, 5, 5, and 10 mice of each genotype were weighed after 3 days, 4 weeks, 8 weeks, 10 weeks, and 48 to 54 weeks, respectively. ∗, significantly different from wild-type control (P < 0.05 by Student's t test).