TABLE 2.

FROM:

The Importance of Catch-up Growth after Early Malnutrition for the Programming of Obesity in Male Rat

Florence Bieswal, Marie-Thérèse Ahn, Brigitte Reusens, Paul Holvoet, Martine Raes, William D. Rees and Claude Remacle

Table 2.. Weight gain of dams during gestation, litter size, and parameters of male offspring at birth

	C	LP2	LC
Weight gain of dams (g)	170.33 3.67	131.33 3.27†	56.50 5.00† ‡
Litter size	11.5 1.6	15.0 1.0	15.0 0.7
Weight of offspring (g)	6.86 0.19	5.67 0.17†	5.71 0.09†
Length of offspring (cm)	5.10 0.04	4.71 0.05†	4.62 0.04†

 C, control; LP2, low protein group, Experiment 2; LC, low calorie.

^* Values are means standard error.

^† LP2 vs. C and LC vs. C, p < 0.001.

^‡ LP2 vs. LC, p < 0.001.