Table 1 Fertility and longevity metric variables of F 1 mice sorted by virginity status and gender
From: Absence of long-term effects of reproduction on longevity in the mouse model
Metric variables | Virginity status | Gender | |
|---|---|---|---|
Femalesa | Malesb | ||
Age at death (wk) | Virgin | 99.2 ± 2.4c (7, 141)d | 85.2 ± 3.4e (1, 133) |
Age at death (wk) | Mated | 88.3 ± 5.2 (35, 138) | 104.0 ± 3.8 (61, 149) |
Total number of litters produced by a dam/stud | 8.9 ± 0.7 (2, 16) | 10.5 ± 1.1 (1, 19) | |
Total number of pups at birth produced by a dam/stud | 56.8 ± 5.2 (4, 92) | 97.2 ± 10.7f (1, 169) | |
Total number of pups at weaning produced by a dam/stud | 52.4 ± 5.0 (3, 88) | 92.2 ± 10.1f (1, 162) | |
Age at last litter (wk) | 51.9 ± 2.8 (31, 80) | 92.2 ± 4.3g (54, 130) | |
Time interval between mating & last litter (wk) | 34.1 ± 2.8 (6, 55) | 40.2 ± 4.3 (2, 78) | |
Time interval between litters (wk) | 3.8 ± 0.1 (3, 5.4) | 3.7 ± 0.2 (2, 5.6) | |
Time interval between last litter & death (wk) | 29.2 ± 4.7 (0, 88) | 11.8 ± 4.2h (0, 94) | |