Table 1.
Absolute and relative organ weights of BPA, corn oil control, and MeP+PrP dose groups
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| Corn oil control Mean±SD | BPA (50 mg/kg bw/day) Mean±SD | 10 (mg/kg bw/day) Mean±SD | 100 (mg/kg bw/day) Mean±SD | 500 (mg/kg bw/day) Mean±SD | ||
| Initial body weights (g) | 146±23 | 152±19 | 160±10 | 133±27 | 146±27 | 0.426 |
| Terminal body weights (g) | 252±37 | 245±26 | 247±27 | 244±27 | 226±41 | 0.508 |
| Brain weights (g) | 1.72±0.16 | 1.73±0.20 | 1.77±0.11 | 1.84±0.12 | 1.73±0.13 | 0.691 |
| Right kidney weights (g) | 0.98±0.21 | 0.92±0.09 | 0.96±0.17 | 1.02±0.11 | 0.94±0.24 | 0.776 |
| Left kidney weights (g) | 0.98±0.23 | 0.87±0.06 | 0.95±0.6 | 1.02±0.10 | 0.87±0.16 | 0.103 |
| Liver weights (g) | 10.23±2.21 | 9.8±1.47 | 9.88±2.10 | 10.42±1.60 | 9.23±1.88 | 0.888 |
| Relative right kidney weights (g/body weight kg) | 3.88±0.26 | 3.75±0.18 | 3.87±0.38 | 4.17 ±0.27 | 4.13±0.38 | 0.065 |
| Relative left kidney weights (g/body weight kg) | 3.85±0.37 | 3.58±0.21 | 3.83±0.41 | 4.18±0.23 * | 3.87±0.14 | 0.042 |
| Relative liver weights (g/body weight kg) | 40.38±4.35 | 39.88±2.60 | 39.62±4.40 | 42.62±3.95 | 40.72±1.95 | 0.183 |
| Relative right kidney weights (g/brain g) | 0.58±0.12 | 0.52±0.04 | 0.55±0.05 | 0.55± 0.05 | 0.55± 0.10 | 0.808 |
| Relative left kidney weights (g/brain g) | 0.58±0.12 | 0.52±0.04 | 0.50±0.06 | 0.57±0.05 | 0.52±0.08 | 0.350 |
| Relative liver weights (g/brain g) | 5.95±1.03 | 5.68±0.70 | 5.53±0.82 | 5.68±0.92 | 5.3±0.70 | 0.824 |
*
: Statistically different from the corn oil control group (significance level p<0.05). MeP: Methylparaben; PrP: Propylparaben; BPA: Bisphenol-A; SD: Standard deviation.