Identification of co-expression gene networks, regulatory genes and pathways for obesity based on adipose tissue RNA Sequencing in a porcine model

Table 1 Descriptive statistics (mean and standard deviation) and test of difference of means for a selection of obesity-related traits for the three subgroups

	Gender¹	OI***	Wgt***	AbdCirc***	ADG***	DXA_fat**	SL_fat**	SL_%meat**
Lean	7/5	-2.47 (0.75)	80.13 (14.98)	112.09 (12.02)	0.29 (0.03)	1833.35 (660.30)	1.70 (1.37)	48.12 (6.88)
Intermediate	6/6	0.07 (0.11)	93.71 (16.87)	122.83 (7.85)	0.45 (0.04)	2031.00 (512.69)	2.68 (0.87)	43.29 (3.70)
Obese	6/6	2.4 (0.36)	113.75 (11.97)	134.25 (7.58)	0.59 (0.05)	3050.22 (907.17)	3.26 (1.17)	41.4 (7.44)

¹Presented as frequency male/female.
***Highly significant, P-value < 0.001.
**Significant, P-value < 0.01.
Wgt: weight at appr 7 months of age, AbdCirc: abdominal circumference at approximately 7 months of age, ADG: average daily gain from birth to slaughter, SLfat: weight of leaf fat at slaughter, SL%meat: percentage of meat content at slaughter.

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