Table 3 Body weight, kidney weight (sum of right and left kidneys) and the ratio of kidney to body weight in Ank ^+/+ and Ank ^KI/KI mice

BW 6 weeks

22.83 ± 1.91 (n = 7)

20.83 ± 2.27 (n = 8)

BW 10 weeks

27.35 ± 2.94 (n = 12)

23.46 ± 1.57^a (n = 10)

BW 20 weeks

38.37.2 ± 6.3 (n = 10)

20.54 ± 2.96^b (n = 6)

KW 6 weeks

359.5 ± 26.8

334.1 ± 53.2

KW 10 weeks

336.3 ± 64.0

297.9 ± 72.7

KW 20 weeks

455.0 ± 68.9

329.5 ± 66.5^b

KW/BW 6 weeks

15.75 ± 0.15

16.08 ± 2.17

KW/BW 10 weeks

12.45 ± 2.60

12.69 ± 3.06

KW/BW 20 weeks

12.01 ± 1.54

15.99 ± 2.13^b