Table 3 Overview of mice characteristics.

From: Changes in intestinal gene expression and microbiota composition during late pregnancy are mouse strain dependent

 

non-pregnant B6

pregnant B6

non-pregnant BALB/c

pregnant BALB/c

Number of mice

10

9*

10

10

Weight before pregnancy (gr)

 

21.4 (2.0)

 

22.0 (1.7)

Weight at sacrifice (gr)

22.4 (1.1)a

34.5 (2.4)b

22.2 (1.4)a

34.4 (4.9)b

Age at sacrifice (weeks)

18.4 (2.2)abc

22.8 (5.5)b

16.5 (4.1)c

18.6 (3.9)abc

Average number of pups

 

6.6 (2.3)

 

6.4 (3.4)

  1. The letters a, b and c indicate which groups differ significantly (One-way Anova followed by Dunn’s multiple comparison test, p < 0.05) from each other. *One pregnant B6 mouse died preliminary.
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