Table 1

Biological characteristics of three genotypes of mice at 7 months old

CharacteristicsLias+/+Leprdb/+Lias+/+Leprdb/dbLiasH/HLeprdb/dbP1P2
Body weight (g)31.54±1.0565.56±2.0374.27±1.710.0010.001
Right kidney weight (mg)244.26±8.04242.58±7.61248.85±13.900.9090.669
Chow intakes (g/day)10.11±0.0916.03±0.7213.98±0.180.0010.093
Water intakes (mL/day)14.60±0.8413.33±0.0511.15±0.110.0350.001
Urine output (mL/day)2.21±0.1216.94±0.5113.44±0.650.0010.001
TG (mM)0.75±0.0301.35±0.101.16±0.110.0010.542
CHO (mM)2.37±0.216.06±0.629.35±0.770.0010.015
  • All mice were male at 7 months of age. Data are represented as mean±SEM (n=10). P1 represents p value of Lias+/+Leprdbdb/db vs Lias+/+/Leprdb/+ mice and P2 stands for p value of LiasH/HLeprdb/db vs Lias+/+Leprdbdb/db mice.

  • CHO, cholesterol; TG, triglyceride.