Table 1.

Body weight, femoral weight, femoral length and cortical bone thickness in adult male rats subchronic exposed to 5 mg of Na₂SeO₃/L and 40 mg of DZN/L in drinking water for 90 days (Se-DZN group) and the control rats

Group	N	Body weight (g)	Femoral weight (g)	Femoral length (cm)	Cortical bone thickness (mm)
Control	10	405.0 ± 52.7	1.05 ± 0.17	3.94 ± 0.09	0.572 ± 0.054
Se-DZN	10	360.0 ± 17.2	0.93 ± 0.08	3.75 ± 0.07	0.507 ± 0.049
T-test		P < 0.05	NS	P < 0.05	P < 0.05

N: Number of rats, NS: Non-significant changes.