Metabolic programming of adipose tissue structure and function in male rat offspring by prenatal undernutrition

Nutrition & Metabolism

Table 1 Animal data and blood variables of offspring of ad libitum -fed (AD) and undernourished (UN) mothers

Variable	Unit	AD	UN	P value³	n/group
Body weight¹	g	647 ± 14	590 ± 13	<0.01	32
Body length¹	cm	28.5 ± 0.2	27.4 ± 0.1	<0.001	32
Food intake²	g/d/rat	29.9 ± 0.6	28.3 ± 0.5	<0.05	32
Food intake/g bwt	g/g	0.047 ± 0.001	0.049 ± 0.001	n.s.	32
Glucose	mmol/l	8.71 ± 0.46	8.92 ± 0.42	n.s.	32
Triglycerides	mmol/l	1.66 ± 0.11	2.04 ± 0.12	<0.05	32
RpAT	g	5.69 ± 0.37	5.65 ± 0.42	n.s	32
RpAT % bwt	%	0.87 ± 0.04	0.93 ± 0.05	n.s	32

Values are given as mean ± SEM.
¹Body weight (bwt) and length measured at the end of the experiment (9 months of age).
²Mean food intake per rat over the whole experimental period was calculated from the measured food intake per cage (2 rats/cage).
³Data were statistically analysed by unpaired student’s t-test.

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