Table II.

Comparison of mean (±SEM) sperm density (million/ ml) and percent of sperm with normal morphology (%) in control and DEHP-treated Wistar rats’ offspring during different stages of postnatal development

Groups	Days after birth	Sperm count (million/ml)	Normal morphology (%)
Control
	60	65.17±2.47	82.40±4.17
	90	66.31±3.11	80.09±4.46
	120	67.22±3.81	80.66±3.78
	150	68.86±4.30	81.30±3.44
10 mg/kg/day
	60	63.20±2.14	79.94±3.45
	90	65.60±2.50	78.67±4.22
	120	66.22±3.15	79.70±3.48
	150	67.10±2.64	79.45±4.82
100 mg/kg/day
	60	55.72±3.23*	78.31±4.67
	90	57.43±4.12*	77.27±4.62
	120	58.52±2.48*	77.61±3.73
	150	60.66±2.70*	78.18±4.25
500 mg/kg/day
	60	47.80±2.45**	68.66±3.21*
	90	48.20±2.61**	69.51±2.68*
	120	50.53±3.81**	70.39±4.55*
	150	52.61±3.37**	72.42±3.30*

*: Significant difference between control and treatment groups.

^*p<0.05,

^**p<0.01