Table 1.

Body, liver weights and TG levels after treatment with plasticizers for 2 weeks.

		B.W.	Liver weight	Liver weight/ B.W. (%)	Plasma TG	Liver TG
mPParα	Control	23.9 ± 0.91	0.88 ± 0.11	3.68 ± 0.38	79.4 ± 16.3	14.8 ± 1.53
	DBP 2.5	25.9 ± 2.05	1.08 ± 0.13	4.14 ± 0.17	89.9 ± 24.8	12.5 ± 2.76
	DBP 5.0	26.7 ± 2.01	1.20 ± 0.10*	4.49 ± 0.40	113.9 ± 40.4	11.4 ± 1.68
	DEHP 2.5	22.1 ± 1.82	1.13 ± 0.11*	5.09 ± 0.24*	82.6 ± 13.8	11.6 ± 1.56
	DEHP 5.0	22.9 ± 0.92	1.26 ± 0.06*	5.54 ± 0.33*	84.0 ± 24.5	6.8 ± 0.90*
	DEHA 2.5	25.9 ± 0.85	1.20 ± 0.07*	4.63 ± 0.22*	136.9 ± 15.9	11.4 ± 0.90
	DEHA 5.0	24.2 ± 1.81	1.28 ± 0.18*	5.27 ± 0.35*	119.5 ± 36.3	7.5 ± 1.76*
hPParα	Control	22.7 ± 2.20	1.04 ± 0.06	4.59 ± 0.25	97.0 ± 23.6	24.4 ± 5.51#
	DBP 2.5	25.0 ± 2.32	1.07 ± 0.08	4.29 ± 0.18	127.0 ± 35.0	22.6 ± 4.66
	DBP 5.0	23.1 ± 4.51	1.05 ± 0.28	4.76 ± 0.29	95.1 ± 26.0	31.9 ± 19.31
	DEHP 2.5	23.8 ± 2.58	1.12 ± 0.17	4.69 ± 0.25	111.5 ± 28.0	20.6 ± 4.66
	DEHP 5.0	21.6 ± 2.58	1.03 ± 0.17	4.52 ± 0.37	67.8 ± 35.0	30.9 ± 4.24*
	DEHA 2.5	24.9 ± 1.03	1.12 ± 0.08	4.48 ± 0.14	142.3 ± 59.9	23.1 ± 1.98
	DEHA 5.0	24.7 ± 2.94	1.23 ± 0.17	4.98 ± 0.25	176.0 ± 41.0*	28.4 ± 2.73

B.W: body weight.

Each value represents mean ± S.D. *Significantly different from respective controls (P < 0.05). ^#Significantly different from mPPARα controls (P < 0.05).