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Table 2.

Effects of α-tocopherol on the lipoperoxidation and morphologic parameters of cryptorchidism testes in rats at 120 days of age

	Controls groups				Cryptorchid groups

	Control	Sham-Vehicle	Sham αT-30	Sham αT-100	Vehicle	αT-30	αT-100
Testis weight (g)	1.84 ± 0.063^†	1.78 ± 0.056^†	1.80 ± 0.017^†	1.90 ± 0.035^†	1.28 ± 0.096^*	1.61 ± 0.028	1.49 ± 0.142^*^‡
HI	0.25 ± 0.04^†	0.33 ± 0.05^†	0.31 ± 0.04^†	0.27 ± 0.05^†	3.08 ± 0.21^*	0.92 ± 0.08^*^†	1.49 ± 0.11^*^†^‡
EA (μm²) × 10³	79.91 ± 1.10^†	74.75 ± 8.94^†	74.73 ± 8.41^†	74.51 ± 8.24^†	45.71 ± 2.76^*	75.22 ± 1.57^†	68.93 ± 0.82^*^†^‡
AI	1.00 ± 0.13^†	1.19 ± 0.12^†	1.08 ± 0.11^†	0.53 ± 0.04^†	3.24 ± 0.26^*	1.07 ± 0.11^†	1.48 ± 0.16^†
PI	12.21 ± 1.64	11.68 ± 1.78^†	12.65 ± 1.21^†	15.71 ± 1.14	10.0 ± 1.21	12.67 ± 1.33	11.68 ± 1.78
JI	10.0 ± 0^†	9.74 ± 0.09^†	9.93 ± 0.25^†	10 ± 0.01^†	8.43 ± 0.38^*	9.83 ± 0.07^†	9.74 ± 0.07^†
Spermatocytes and spermatids number (×10⁶)	82.64 ± 5.52^†	78.37 ± 14.44^†	71.20 ± 1.48^†	78.41 ± 2.91^†	34.30 ± 3.67^*	60.51 ± 3.98	51.52 ± 2.44^*
Pregnant female/total evaluated female	12/12^†	8/12^†	10/12^†	12/12^†	2/12^*	6/12	5/12^*

The data were collected from six animals by group and are expressed as the mean ± SEM.

αT, α-tocopherol; TBARS, thiobarbituric acid-reactive substances; HI, histopathological index; EA, epithelial area; AI, apoptosis index; PI, proliferation index; JI, Johnsen index.

P < 0.05 (vs. control).

^†

P < 0.001 (vs. cryptorchid-vehicle).

^‡

P < 0.001 (cryptorchid-αT-30 vs. cryptorchid-αT-100).