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. 2007 Dec 20;586(Pt 5):1413–1427. doi: 10.1113/jphysiol.2007.147165

Table 3.

effect of early ethanol exposure on lungs and heart weights

Control group Ethanol-exposed

(n = 5) group (n = 5)
Lungs (g)
 Wet weight/100 g body weight 0.842 ± 0.020 0.859 ± 0.017
 Dry weight/100 g body weight 0.157 ± 0.004 0.160 ± 0.003
 Dry weight/wet weight 0.187 ± 0.001 0.186 ± 0.002
Heart (g)
 Wet weight/100 g body weight 0.662 ± 0.031 0.658 ± 0.024
 Dry weight/100 g body weight 0.126 ± 0.005 0.122 ± 0.005
 Dry weight/wet weight 0.191 ± 0.002 0.185 ± 0.004