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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2025 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Reprod Toxicol. 2023 Dec 30;124:108533. doi: 10.1016/j.reprotox.2023.108533

Table 5.

Mean ± standard error (SEM) for relative weights (mg/g) of liver, spleen, heart, seminal vesicles, and right testis at 24-hr, 3-wk and 9-wk intervals.

Organ Treatment 24-hr 3-wk 9-wk
Liver Control 45.9±1.1 52.5±0.7 43.9±1.4
E-waste 46.7±1.2 49.1±0.8 44.8±2.1
HFF Fluid 46.1±0.8 47.6±0.9* 40.7±1.8

Kidney Control 15.8±0.5 15.4±0.3 15.2±0.3
E-waste 15.9±0.1 14.8±0.4 14.9±0.9
HFF Fluid 15.1±0.3 14.7±0.1 15.3±0.3

Spleen Control 3.0±0.1 2.9±0.1 2.8±0.1
E-waste 2.9±0.1 2.8±0.1 2.9±0.1
HFF Fluid 3.2±0.2 2.9±0.1 2.9±0.2

Thymus Control 1.3±0.2 1.3±0.2 1.5±0.1
E-waste 1.3±0.1 0.9±0.1 1.5±0.2
HFF Fluid 1.5±0.1 1.0±0.04 2.0±0.3

Heart Control 4.9±0.2 5.1±0.2 4.4±0.1
E-waste 4.9±0.1 4.8±0.2 4.3±0.3
HFF Fluid 4.8±0.1 4.4±0.1* 4.4±0.1

Seminal Vesicle Control 9.5±0.7 8.6±0.7 9.7±0.4
E-waste 8.6±0.5 9.4±0.1 7.3±0.7*
HFF Fluid 8.1±0.3 8.8±0.5 8.8±0.4

Prostate Control 0.8±0.1 0.8±0.07 0.8±0.05
E-waste 0.7±0.1 0.5±0.03 0.8±0.05
HFF Fluid 0.8±0.2 0.6±0.09 1.0±0.1

Left testis Control 3.5±0.1 3.3±0.1 3.4±0.1
E-waste 3.5±0.1 3.3±0.1 3.2±0.1
HFF Fluid 3.6±0.1 3.2±0.1 3.5±0.1

Right Testis Control 3.6±0.1 3.4±0.1 3.4±0.1
E-waste 4.4±0.6* 3.3±0.1 3.2±0.1
HFF Fluid 3.7±0.3 3.3±0.1 3.6±0.3

Left cauda Control 0.6±0.04 0.6±0.04 0.6±0.03
E-waste 0.5±0.04 0.6±0.04 0.6±0.02
HFF Fluid 0.6±0.04 0.4±0.03 0.6±0.05

Right cauda Control 0.6±0.04 0.5±0.04 0.6±0.04
E-waste 0.6±0.1 0.5±0.02 0.6±0.02
HFF Fluid 0.7±0.05 0.5±0.01 0.6±0.03
*

Significantly different from control at p<0.05 at each timepoint