Fig. 6: GH administration prevents reduced body growth induced by 18 h ADF.

a Cumulative percentage of VO; b Average age at puberty onset; c Body weight at P40; d Body length at P40; e Uterine weight at P40; f Ovarian weight at P40. Data are presented as mean ± SEM, and p-values were calculated using the Kruskal–Wallis test. Due to variance differences, the Kruskal–Wallis test did not indicate significance for nose-to-anus length, uterine weight, and ovarian weight between the Cntrl and HFD groups. However, the Mann–Whitney and unpaired t-tests did show significance (Supplementary Fig. 3). Each data point corresponds to an individual mouse. PND Postnatal days. The data represent three separate experiments.