Male Female   LEA LEC LEA LEC Atp7b 1.00 ± 0.28 0.31 ± 0.06* 1.00 ± 0.25 0.50 ± 0.14*.+ Mt-1a 1.00 ± 0.36 3.13 ± 0.48* 1.00 ± 0.19 9.18 ± 2.47*.++ *p < 0.001 versus sex-matched LEA rats. +p < 0.05 and ++p<0.005 versus male LEC rats

Table 1: Relative quantities of mRNA variations in the livers between the LEA and LEC rats at the age of 8 weeks (n=4).