Table 2.

Mean organ weight (g) and organ : body weight ratio of male (A; n = 27–42 per treatment) and female (B; n = 30–39 per treatment) offspring

	Liver	Left kidney	Right kidney	Heart	Lung	Brain	Cerebellum
A. Male
Organ weight (g)
NPD	2.246 ± 0.044	0.330 ± 0.008	0.341 ± 0.009	0.220 ± 0.004	0.219 ± 0.005	0.455 ± 0.005	0.056 ± 0.002
LPD	2.172 ± 0.063	0.323 ± 0.011	0.34 ± 0.011	0.218 ± 0.004	0.215 ± 0.005	0.458 ± 0.005	0.058 ± 0.001
Organ : body weight ratio (× 100)
NPD	4.780 ± 0.053	0.702 ± 0.014	0.725 ± 0.017	0.469 ± 0.008	0.468 ± 0.012	0.977 ± 0.0017	0.120 ± 0.003
LPD	4.740 ± 0.138	0.706 ± 0.025	0.734 ± 0.026	0.479 ± 0.013	0.473 ± 0.014	1.010 ± 0.028	0.127 ± 0.004
B. Female
Organ weight (g)
NPD	1.824 ± 0.05	0.197 ± 0.006	0.204 ± 0.004	0.176 ± 0.003	0.196 ± 0.005	0.471 ± 0.009	0.058 ± 0.001
LPD	1.833 ± 0.03	0.189 ± 0.003	0.192 ± 0.003‡	0.174 ± 0.003	0.197 ± 0.004	0.466 ± 0.001	0.058 ± 0.001
Organ : body weight ratio (× 100)
NPD	4.500 ± 0.080	0.494 ± 0.015	0.510 ± 0.015	0.442 ± 0.012	0.493 ± 0.011	1.200 ± 0.032	0.148 ± 0.004
LPD	4.410 ± 0.143	0.455 ± 0.016‡	0.462 ± 0.017*	0.422 ± 0.016	0.475 ± 0.017	1.170 ± 0.031	0.146 ± 0.004

^*P = 0.031 independent of maternal origin and litter size.

^‡Difference at a trend level P < 0.075.