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. 2000 Feb 18;97(5):2196–2201. doi: 10.1073/pnas.040428797

Table 1.

Vitamin E dietary supplementation inhibits hepatocarcinogenesis in TGFα/c-myc transgenic mice

Diet group Incidence, %
Multiplicity Mean ± SE Maximum tumor size Mean ± SE, mm LBW% Mean ± SE
Adenomas Carcinomas
Control diet 100 (15/15)* 27 (4/15) 4.3  ± 0.6 6.7  ± 0.8 7.91  ± 0.34
Vitamin E, 2,000 units 35 (7/20) 0 (0/20) 0.4  ± 0.3 3.2  ± 0.6 4.56  ± 0.14
P 1.7E-07 0.03 2.3E-07 0.026 1.2E-07

*In parentheses, the number of mice with adenomas/carcinomas per total number of mice.