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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Fertil Steril. 2023 Mar 27;120(1):163–174. doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2023.02.034

Table 1: Average weight, testicular anatomy, semen characteristics, and hormone levels (± standard deviation).

Characteristics of 6 male rhesus macaques during 3 doses of oral THC (0 to 2.5 mg/7kg/day), and following 70 and 140 days of THC discontinuation. Change with 1 mg/7kg/day increase in THC dose as well as change per 70 days of discontinuation was calculated (with 95% confidence intervals and associated p-values), from a random intercept mixed effects model with linear spline at point of THC discontinuation.

Characteristic Mean ± standard deviation at each time point Marginal slopes from mixed effects models
0mg/7kg/day THC (pre-THC) 1 mg/7kg/day THC (mod-THC) 2.5 mg/7kg/day THC (heavy-THC) 70 days post-THC 140 days post-THC Change per 1 mg/7kg/day THC dose 95% CI p-value Change per 70 days post-THC 95% CI p-value
Weight (kg) 11.6±1.4 11.7±1.2 11.9±1.3 12.1±2.1 11.6±2.1 0.2 −0.2, 0.5 0.323 −0.1 −0.5, 0.3 0.696
Right epididymal head volume (cm3) 0.70±0.11 0.37±0.05 0.34±0.06 0.38±0.03 0.42±0.04 −0.15 −0.18, −0.12 < 0.001 0.06 0.03, 0.09 < 0.001
Left epididymal head volume (cm3) 0.71±0.09 0.37±0.07 0.32±0.03 0.39±0.03 0.41±0.03 −0.16 −0.18, −0.13 < 0.001 0.06 0.04, 0.09 < 0.001
Right testicular volume (cm3) 27.3±5.5 15.1±4.9 10.2±2.1 16.1±3.6 19.5±3.4 −6.7 −7.8, −5.7 < 0.001 4.9 3.6, 6.3 < 0.001
Left testicular volume (cm3) 25.9±5.1 13.9±4.9 11.9±3.9 15.1±3.5 19.1±4.6 −5.8 −6.9, −4.8 < 0.001 4.2 2.9, 5.5 < 0.001
Total testicular volume (cm3) 53.2±10.2 29.0±9.7 22.0±5.5 31.1±7.0 38.7±7.7 −12.6 −14.5, −10.6 < 0.001 9.1 6.8, 11.5 < 0.001
Weight of coagulum (g) 0.80±0.31 0.47±0.13 0.54±0.16 0.55±0.21 0.72±0.50 −0.12 −0.24, 0.00 0.042 0.12 −0.02, 0.26 0.105
Liquid fraction volume (ml) 0.45±0.14 0.26±0.16 0.32±0.18 0.30±0.14 0.33±0.13 −0.06 −0.12, −0.01 0.032 0.03 −0.04, 0.10 0.426
Sperm conc. (million/ml) 795±326 1483±1005 1388±1464 1175±873 1188±757 241 −75, 558 0.135 −171 −556, 213 0.382
Total sperm count (million) 338±135 274±166 269±189 347±230 348±202 −24 −73, 25 0.331 46 −14, 105 0.133
Percent motility 88.9±6.2 86.3±8.4 87.0±7.9 86.9±10.4 86.5±6.6 −0.8 −3.3, 1.6 0.504 0.1 −2.9, 3.1 0.950
Total testosterone (ng/ml) 5.76±3.72 3.68±3.27 1.96±1.64 3.26±1.60 4.67±2.17 −1.5 −2.5, −0.5 0.002 1.3 0.1, 2.4 0.038
Estradiol (pg/ml) 16.3±3.8 6.7±2.6 6.0±1.7 6.8±3.0 10.7±9.3 −4.5 −6.6, −2.4 < 0.001 2.9 0.4, 5.4 0.025
Prolactin (ng/ml) 12.3±7.5 19.3±10.5 30.7±21.2 19.0±15.9 50.6±56.8 4.5 −5.2, 14.1 0.364 10.0 −1.6, 21.7 0.092
Inhibin (pg/ml) 1015±148 1048±479 1062±210 861±353 901±169 4 −101, 109 0.936 −87 −214, 40 0.181
Albumin (mg/ml) 53.0±19.9 51.5±23.3 51.6±20.3 26.5±7.4 28.2±7.4 −2.2 −7.2, 2.8 0.383 −12.3 −18.3, −6.2 < 0.001
17-OHP (ng/ml) 1.47±0.28 1.09±0.34 0.93±0.37 1.17±0.52 1.16±0.59 −0.20 −0.32, −0.08 0.002 0.12 −0.03, 0.27 0.109
LH (ng/ml) 0.69±0.18 0.92±0.38 1.10±0.35 0.85±0.39 0.98±0.60 0.14 −0.03, 0.31 0.111 −0.06 −0.27, 0.14 0.557
FSH (ng/ml) 0.17±0.06 0.24±0.13 0.33±0.18 0.22±0.10 0.20±0.10 0.06 0.01, 0.10 0.010 −0.06 −0.11, −0.01 0.025