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. 2013 Dec 16;14(12):24476–24491. doi: 10.3390/ijms141224476

Table 1.

Effect of atorvastatin on body weight and lung indices of bleomycin-induced pulmonary fibrosis rats.

Group Initial Body weight (g) Final Body Weight (g) Lung Weight (mg) Lung Indices (mg/kg)
Control 208.9 ± 7.8 304.9 ± 15.1 1,393.8 ± 129.9 4,565.5 ± 257.6
Bleomycin 208.0 ± 9.7 283.8 ± 13.6 # 2,190.0 ± 336.2 ## 7,714.1 ± 1,104.0 ##
Bleomycin + Atorvastatin 208.8 ± 9.5 290.5 ± 17.3 1,930.0 ± 200.1 ##,* 6,633.7 ± 402.2 ##,*
Atorvastatin 208.3 ± 10.0 292.5 ± 12.1 1,366.3 ± 116.6 ** 4,664.5 ± 231.1 **

Values are given as mean ± SD for groups of eight rats each.

#

p < 0.05 and

##

p < 0.01 vs. the control group, respectively;

*

p < 0.05 and

**

p < 0.01 vs. the bleomycin group, respectively.