Table 5.

General and reproductive characteristics in male ship rats

Characteristics	Pesticide-exposed area (banana plantations) (n = 21) mean (SD)	Pesticide-free area (Fajou Islet) (n = 20) mean (SD)	P
Eye lens weight (mg)	29.4 (5.9)	29.0 (4.0)	0.92 †
Body weight (g)	218 (31)	166 (30)	< 0.0001 †
Testis weight (g)	3.68 (0.72)	3.47 (0.36)	0.07 *
Epididymal weight (g)	1.22 (0.5)	1.28 (0.2)	0.39 *
Prostate weight (g)	0.21 (0.11)	0.20 (0.06)	0.79 *
Seminal vesicle weight (g)	0.82 (0.63)	0.88 (0.31)	0.50 *
Testicular sperm reserves (millions)	437(141)	419 (73)	0.57 *
Epididymal sperm reserves (millions)	427 (304)	477 (167)	0.30 *
Total sperm reserves (millions)	864 (413)	896 (223)	0.56 *
Gonadosomatic index	1.70 (0.31)	2.13 (0.29)	< 0.0001 *
Testosterone (ng/mL)	11.2 (6.1)	19.1 (9.8)	0.02 *
LH (IU/L)	0.53 (0.46)	0.50 (0.18)	0.82 *
FSH (IU/L)	17.6 (3.6)	18.4 (6.3)	0.65 *

†: unpaired t-test;

*: adjusted for eye lens weight as a surrogate for age