Table 1: Average weight, testicular anatomy, semen characteristics, and hormone levels (± standard deviation).
Characteristic | Mean ± standard deviation at each time point | Marginal slopes from mixed effects models | |||||||||
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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 |