Table 1 Body weight and body composition of Control, Obese and Obese-exercised dams at D1 and D19 of gestation.

From: Exercise rescues obese mothers’ insulin sensitivity, placental hypoxia and male offspring insulin sensitivity

 

Control

Obese

Obese-Ex

Control vs. Obese

Control vs. Obese-Ex

Obese vs. Obese-Ex

 

p-value of multiple comparisons

Body weight

 

Day 1

27.56 ± 0.71

36.39 ± 1.19

33.12 ± 1.36

0.0006

0.0130

0.2123

Day 19

43.38 ± 0.71

50.12 ± 2.44

47.38 ± 1.52

0.0383

0.2558

0.5050

Body composition

Fat mass

Day 1

12.05 ± 0.58

37.17 ± 2.80

32.14 ± 3.21

0.0001

0.0017

0.2617

Day 19

12.81 ± 0.50

31.16 ± 1.58

28.57 ± 0.98

<0.0001

<0.0001

0.1132

Lean mass

Day 1

70.80 ± 1.28

54.83 ± 1.69

59.17 ± 2.79

0.0003

0.0042

0.3181

Day 19

80.11 ± 0.81

63.29 ± 1.21

59.42 ± 4.21

0.0016

0.0003

0.5532

  1. Data are expressed as means ± SEM; n = 6 dams per group. The effects of obesity and exercise were analyzed by One-way ANOVA followed by Tukey’s multiple comparison test and significant effects of multiple comparisons are reported.
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