Table 4.
Group | Sex | Dose (mg/kg/day) | Liver Weights | Lung Weights | Adrenal Weights | |||
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Absolute (g) | Relative (% of Body Weight) | Absolute (g) | Relative (%of Body Weight) | Absolute (g) | Relative (%of Body Weight) | |||
1 | Male | 0 | 11.7 ± 1.7 | 3.05 ± 0.38 | 1.58 ± 0.22 | 0.41 ± 0.05 | 0.074 ± 0.033 | 0.019 ± 0.009 |
2 | Male | 40 | 10.9 ± 1.3 | 3.02 ± 0.24 | 1.69 ± 0.29 | 0.47 ± 0.06 | 0.095 ± 0.034 | 0.026 ± 0.009 |
3 | Male | 80 | 12.7 ± 2.0 | 3.48 ± 0.36 | 2.06 ± 0.21 | 0.58 ± 0.07 | 0.100 ± 0.023 | 0.028 ± 0.007 |
4 | Male | 160 | 28.6 ± 4.4* | 10.97 ± 1.12* | 2.43 ± 0.19* | 0.94 ± 0.13* | 0.199 ± 0.052* | 0.076 ± 0.018* |
1 | Female | 0 | 7.4 ± 0.6 | 3.00 ± 0.19 | 1.26 ± 0.15 | 0.51 ± 0.06 | 0.076 ± 0.015 | 0.031 ± 0.006 |
2 | Female | 40 | 7.5 ± 0.8 | 3.22 ± 0.26 | 1.26 ± 0.12 | 0.54 ± 0.05 | 0.078 ± 0.018 | 0.034 ± 0.007 |
3 | Female | 80 | 9.6 ± 1.1* | 4.37 ± 0.76* | 1.52 ± 0.14 | 0.69 ± 0.08 | 0.093 ± 0.012 | 0.042 ± 0.007* |
4 | Female | 160 | 23.5 ± 5.3* | 11.23 ± 2.77* | 2.00 ± 0.25 | 0.95 ± 0.12* | 0.172 ± 0.034* | 0.082 ± 0.017* |
p < 0.05 versus sex-matched vehicle controls