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. 2014 Feb 19;9(2):e89355. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0089355

Table 1. Body weight, kidney weight, hemoglobin content, and kidney iron content in mice, 7 days after surgery.

Sham with vehicle (n = 18) Sham with DFO (n = 14) UUO with vehicle (n = 15) UUO with DFO (n = 15)
Body weight (BW) (g) 26.8±0.8 25.9±0.3 26.6±0.5 26.6±0.8
Right kidney weight (RKW) (mg) 136±4## 137±2## 155±3** †† 158±3** ††
RKW to BW ratio 5.2±0.1## 5.3±0.1## 6.1±0.1** †† 6.2±0.2** ††
Left kidney weight (LKW) (mg) 135±5## 131±3# 116±1** 134±5#
LKW to BW ratio 5.0±0.1# 5.0±0.1# 4.6±0.1* 5.2±0.2##
Hemoglobin (g/dL) 13.8±0.3 12.8±0.1 13.1±0.3 13.6±0.2
Hematocrit (%) 42.3±0.8 39.7±0.4 40.3±1.0 41.3±0.7
Left kidney iron (µg/g kidney tissue) 5.9±0.6# 4.8±0.7## 9.0±1.2* †† 4.9±0.6##

Data are the mean ± SEM, n = 14–18, as indicated.

*P<0.05,

**P<0.01 vs. sham with vehicle;

P<0.05,

††

P<0.01 vs. sham with DFO;

#

P<0.05,

##

P<0.01 vs. UUO with vehicle.