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Table 2 Body length and adiposity phenotypes of B6.CAST and HG.CAST MMU2 speed congenic strains

From: Genome-wide isolation of growth and obesity QTL using mouse speed congenic strains

Strain

Sex

N

NA (cm)

Tail (cm)

GFP (g)

FFP (g)

MFP (g)

RFP (g)

TF (g)

AI (%)

BMI

B6C

M

29

9.1 ± 0.04

7.9 ± 0.04

0.344 ± 0.008

0.229 ± 0.006

0.183 ± 0.006

0.066 ± 0.002

0.823 ± 0.018

3.1 ± 0.1

31.6 ± 0.3

B62P

M

20

9.2 ± 0.05

7.9 ± 0.04

0.309 ± 0.010

0.235 ± 0.007

0.178 ± 0.007

0.045 ± 0.003

0.768 ± 0.023

2.9 ± 0.1

30.8 ± 0.4

B62PM

M

24

9.1 ± 0.05

7.8 ± 0.05

0.304 ± 0.010

0.222 ± 0.008

0.173 ± 0.007

0.046 ± 0.003

0.746 ± 0.024

2.9 ± 0.1

31.3 ± 0.4

B62M

M

27

8.9 ± 0.07

7.4 ± 0.06

0.294 ± 0.014

0.239 ± 0.010

0.214 ± 0.009

0.066 ± 0.004

0.813 ± 0.032

3.2 ± 0.1

31.4 ± 0.5

B62D

M

21

9.2 ± 0.06

7.1 ± 0.06

0.259 ± 0.013

0.177 ± 0.009

0.154 ± 0.009

0.038 ± 0.004

0.629 ± 0.030

2.6 ± 0.1

28.9 ± 0.5

B6C

F

39

8.6 ± 0.03

7.6 ± 0.03

0.166 ± 0.007

0.202 ± 0.005

0.141 ± 0.005

0.027 ± 0.002

0.536 ± 0.016

2.6 ± 0.1

27.7 ± 0.3

B62P

F

23

8.6 ± 0.05

7.8 ± 0.04

0.134 ± 0.010

0.224 ± 0.007

0.148 ± 0.007

0.023 ± 0.003

0.528 ± 0.022

2.7 ± 0.1

26.1 ± 0.4

B62PM

F

20

8.4 ± 0.05

7.4 ± 0.05

0.139 ± 0.011

0.214 ± 0.008

0.154 ± 0.007

0.023 ± 0.003

0.530 ± 0.025

2.8 ± 0.1

26.9 ± 0.4

B62M

F

32

8.4 ± 0.05

7.3 ± 0.05

0.153 ± 0.010

0.204 ± 0.007

0.165 ± 0.007

0.029 ± 0.003

0.551 ± 0.023

2.8 ± 0.1

27.9 ± 0.4

B62D

F

23

8.7 ± 0.06

7.0 ± 0.06

0.110 ± 0.013

0.157 ± 0.009

0.135 ± 0.009

0.019 ± 0.004

0.420 ± 0.029

2.2 ± 0.1

25.0 ± 0.5

HGC

M

31

10.2 ± 0.05

8.0 ± 0.05

0.477 ± 0.013

0.317 ± 0.008

0.297 ± 0.010

0.110 ± 0.005

1.201 ± 0.030

3.3 ± 0.1

35.0 ± 0.4

HG2P

M

18

10.1 ± 0.07

8.2 ± 0.07

0.428 ± 0.019

0.326 ± 0.011

0.227 ± 0.014

0.069 ± 0.007

1.051 ± 0.043

3.1 ± 0.1

32.8 ± 0.5

HG2PM

M

29

10.1 ± 0.05

8.0 ± 0.05

0.439 ± 0.014

0.303 ± 0.008

0.244 ± 0.010

0.082 ± 0.005

1.068 ± 0.031

3.1 ± 0.1

33.7 ± 0.4

HG2M

M

31

10.1 ± 0.05

7.4 ± 0.05

0.469 ± 0.014

0.346 ± 0.008

0.306 ± 0.010

0.136 ± 0.005

1.260 ± 0.032

3.6 ± 0.1

33.9 ± 0.4

HGC

F

23

9.6 ± 0.06

7.8 ± 0.06

0.369 ± 0.015

0.305 ± 0.009

0.268 ± 0.011

0.076 ± 0.005

1.020 ± 0.035

3.9 ± 0.1

28.2 ± 0.4

HG2P

F

16

9.2 ± 0.07

7.8 ± 0.07

0.248 ± 0.018

0.311 ± 0.011

0.200 ± 0.013

0.044 ± 0.006

0.804 ± 0.041

3.4 ± 0.1

28.3 ± 0.5

HG2PM

F

36

9.4 ± 0.04

7.7 ± 0.04

0.277 ± 0.012

0.265 ± 0.007

0.208 ± 0.009

0.046 ± 0.004

0.797 ± 0.027

3.2 ± 0.1

27.8 ± 0.3

HG2M

F

28

9.6 ± 0.05

7.2 ± 0.05

0.329 ± 0.014

0.269 ± 0.009

0.247 ± 0.010

0.064 ± 0.005

0.909 ± 0.033

3.4 ± 0.1

29.3 ± 0.4

  1. NA, nasal-anal body length; Tail, tail length; GFP, gonadal fat pad; FFP, femoral fat pad; MFP, mesenteric fat pad; RFP, retroperitoneal fat pad; TF, summed weight of four fat pads; AI, adiposity index (TF/body weight*100) and BMI, body mass index (body weight at sacrifice/NA2 *100). Values are expressed as LSMEANS ± SEM. LSMEANS in bold are significantly different than the respective control after Bonferroni correction (B6 (critical P < 0.00625) or HG (P < 0.00833)) within each sex.