Table 2.
Body weights and organ weights of WT and Ctrp14 KO male and female mice at the end of high-fat study
| Variable | Male |
Female |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WT | KO | P | WT | KO | P | |
| n | 12 | 15 | 10 | 8 | ||
| Body weight, g | 44.36 ± 1.85 | 45.32 ± 1.57 | 0.695 | 35.17 ± 1.57 | 34.45 ± 1.36 | 0.742 |
| Gonadal fat (gWAT), g | 1.198 ± 0.087 | 1.106 ± 0.043 | 0.329 | 1.250 ± 0.098 | 1.213 ± 0.099 | 0.794 |
| gWAT, % | 2.77 ± 0.25 | 2.49 ± 0.14 | 0.317 | 3.50 ± 0.16 | 3.48 ± 0.17 | 0.923 |
| Inguinal fat (iWAT), g | 1.106 ± 0.105 | 1.241 ± 0.099 | 0.362 | 1.096 ± 0.112 | 1.006 ± 0.108 | 0.581 |
| iWAT, % | 2.43 ± 0.14 | 2.68 ± 0.15 | 0.254 | 3.04 ± 0.19 | 2.87 ± 0.21 | 0.562 |
| Liver weight, g | 1.804 ± 0.204 | 1.783 ± 0.140 | 0.929 | 0.909 ± 0.041 | 0.867 ± 0.038 | 0.485 |
| Liver, % | 3.96 ± 0.28 | 3.86 ± 0.18 | 0.767 | 2.59 ± 0.05 | 2.51 ± 0.05 | 0.398 |
| Heart weight, g | 0.135 ± 0.005 | 0.143 ± 0.005 | 0.278 | 0.102 ± 0.003 | 0.105 ± 0.003 | 0.554 |
| Heart, % | 0.305 ± 0.006 | 0.318 ± 0.008 | 0.271 | 0.293 ± 0.007 | 0.307 ± 0.013 | 0.338 |
| Kidney weight, g | 0.164 ± 0.006 | 0.169 ± 0.007 | 0.604 | 0.123 ± 0.005 | 0.121 ± 0.003 | 0.794 |
| Kidney, % | 0.373 ± 0.013 | 0.378 ± 0.016 | 0.83 | 0.352 ± 0.013 | 0.355 ± 0.014 | 0.884 |
Values are presented as means ± SE. gWAT, gonadal white adipose tissue; iWAT, inguinal white adipose tissue; KO, Ctrp14 knockout; WT, wild type.