Evaluation of Growth Patterns and Body Composition in C57Bl/6J Mice Using Dual Energy X-Ray Absorptiometry

Table 4

Mean and standard deviation of observed values for repeated DEXA measurements in female C57BL/6J mice from 5 to 9 weeks (group 1, no. 10), from 5 to 21 weeks (group 2, no. 5), and from 13 to 30 (group 3, no. 5) weeks of age groups.

Age (weeks)		5	9	13	17	21	25	30
BMD g/cm^2	group 1	0.0404±0.0042	0.0452±0.0027
	group 2	0.0355±0.0007	0.0471±0.0009	0.0499±0.0015	0.0548±0.0011	0.0525±0.0014
	group 3			0.0482±0.0015		0.0496±0.0022	0.0528±0.0011	0.0510±0.0048
LM, g	group 1	12.87±0.70	15.70±1.01
	group 2	12.12±0.66	15.80±0.58	16.94±0.79	17.66±0.61	17.85±0.77
	group 3			17.32±0.78		19.98±0.23	20.94±0.33	21.70±1.39
FM, g	group 1	2.27±0.24	2.08±0.21
	group 2	1.90±0.07	2.28±0.16	2.64±0.09	3.62±0.66	3.96±0.33
	group 3			1.84±0.23		2.84±0.63	3.90±0.90	4.20±0.71