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Table 1 Area Measurements of Time Course Mammary Gland Whole Mounts

From: Quantitative Assessment of Mammary Gland Density in Rodents Using Digital Image Analysis

DOA

Epithelial

area

(cm2)

Interductal

fat pad

area

(cm2)

Total

area

(cm2)

Epithelial

density

area %

Epithelial volume (∑OD)

Interductal

fat pad volume (∑OD)

Total volume (∑OD)

Epithelial

density

volume %

21

0.86 ± 0.08a

0.81 ± 0.07a

1.62 ± 0.14a

52.68 ± 1.27a

6425.5 ± 583.8a,h

2164.0 ± 211.5a,h

8570.9 ± 779.2a,h

75.07 ± 0.83a,h

28

2.69 ± 0.16b

1.73 ± 0.15b

4.36 ± 0.28b

61.91 ± 1.00b,h

17225.8 ± 1744.7b,h,i

3460.6 ± 458.4b,h,i

20700.6 ± 2168.1b,h,i

83.47 ± 0.84b,i

35

4.07 ± 0.31c

2.63 ± 0.25c,h

6.53 ± 0.54c

62.59 ± 0.63c,h

30042.1 ± 3548.6c,i,j,k

7178.2 ± 1147.3c,i,j

37220.3 ± 4692.7c,i,j,k

81.17 ± 0.51c,i

42

5.20 ± 0.21d

3.28 ± 0.18d,h

8.28 ± 0.37d

62.89 ± 0.73d,h

43344.1 ± 3761.8d,j,l

10286.4 ± 716.4d,j,k

53630.6 ± 4388.7d,j,l

80.63 ± 0.71d,i

49

6.82 ± 0.20e

5.32 ± 0.20e,i

11.77 ± 0.32e

58.00 ± 1.04e,h

43475.6 ± 4520.7e,k,l

12114.0 ± 1031.7e,k

55589.6 ± 5449.1e,k,l

77.90 ± 0.94e,h,i

56

8.38 ± 0.23f,h

5.35 ± 0.15f,i,j

13.85 ± 0.35f,h

60.50 ± 0.58f,h

76073.4 ± 4138.3f,m

21564.5 ± 1122.4f,l

97637.8 ± 4899.8f,m

77.83 ± 0.74f,h,i

63

9.19 ± 0.32g,h

5.34 ± 0.09g,j

14.74 ± 0.38g,h

62.23 ± 0.66g,h

88775.5 ± 7127.8g,m

24786.9 ± 1160.2g,l

113562.4 ± 8120.4g,m

77.85 ± 0.75g,h,i

  1. Values are means ± SEM (n = 9 per DOA). Values in a column with different superscripts are statistically different, p < 0.05 by method of Bonferroni for multiple comparisons.