Table 2. Body and organ weights of the mice.

	Control	Cadmium	p
Initial body weight (g)	22.20 ± 1.35	24.12 ± 1.53	0.0686
Last body weight (g)	22.50 ± 1.43	20.68 ± 0.78*	0.0370
Liver weight (g)	1.24 ± 0.14	1.14 ± 0.09	0.2250
Heart weight (g)	0.12 ± 0.01	0.12 ± 0.04	0.9100
Kidney weight (g)	0.39 ± 0.02	0.34 ± 0.02**	0.0083
Lung weight (g)	0.15 ± 0.02	0.16 ± 0.02	0.6351
Spleen weight (g)	0.06 ± 0.01	0.15 ± 0.01***	<0.0001
Testis weight (g)	0.16 ± 0.01	0.07 ± 0.04**	0.0011

Notes:

Values are expressed as mean ± SD.

^*p < 0.05.

^**p < 0.01.

^***p < 0.001 compared with the control group.