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Table 1 The anatomical character of the male offspring (20 weeks)

From: Prenatal inflammation causes obesity and abnormal lipid metabolism via impaired energy expenditure in male offspring

Outcomes

LPS (N = 12)a

NS (N = 10)

P value

Anatomical character

Weight (g)&

27.956 ± 0.788

26.468 ± 0.670

0.0065**

Quadriceps femoris (g)&

0.380 ± 0.031

0.426 ± 0.031

0.1923

Liver (g)#

0.965 ± 0.065

0.803 ± 0.075

0.0051**

Pancreas (g)&

0.241 ± 0.088

0.248 ± 0.089

0.9852

Heart (g)&

0.134 ± 0.012

0.145 ± 0.021

0.1554

Gonadal fat (g)&

0.475 ± 0.128

0.364 ± 0.104

0.0486*

Perirenal and retroperitoneal fat (g)&

0.140 ± 0.043

0.080 ± 0.046

0.0153*

Biochemical characterb

TG (mmol/gprot)

381.40 ± 20.45

256.97 ± 31.08

< .001***

TC (mmol/gprot)

16.94 ± 0.86

13.65 ± 1.46

< .001***

  1. aPregnant mice in LPS (N = 6) and NS (N = 5)
  2. bN = 6 in both LPS and NS groups when conducted biochemical measurements
  3. &Student’s t test; #Mann–Whitney U test; *t test two-tailed P value (*< 0.05; **< 0.01,***< 0.001)
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Nutrition & Metabolism

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