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Table 2 Adipose tissue cell sizes of rat offspring of ad libitum -fed (AD) and undernourished (UN) mothers

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

 

AD

UN

Two Way ANOVA1

(μm2)

ScAT

RpAT

ScAT

RpAT

PN

AT

I

Mean

5779A

7709B

7606B

10021C

   

cell size

±274

±353

±373

±519

P < 0.001

P < 0.0001

n.s.

Minimum

1832A

2352B

2743B

3349C

   

cell size2

±132

±189

±199

±282

P < 0.001

P < 0.01

n.s.

Maximum

15525A

23462B

19053B

34269C

   

cell size2

±1344

±1961

±932

±1848

P < 0.001

P < 0.001

P < 0.01

  1. Values are given as mean ± SEM; n = 16/group; ScAT = subcutaneous adipose tissue, RpAT = retroperitoneal adipose tissue.
  2. 1Factor PN = prenatal nutrition; factor AT = adipose tissue; I = interaction; Means marked with different upper case letters (A, B and C) are significantly different with at least p<0.05; Fisher´s PLSD posthoc test).
  3. 2Smallest and largest cells of each animal were analysed.
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Nutrition & Metabolism

ISSN: 1743-7075

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