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. 2015 Apr 21;6(2):174–180. doi: 10.1002/jcsm.12017

Table 1.

Organ and tissue weights at Day 11 and the end of study

Organ weight (mg) Sham (n = 10) Placebo Day 11 (n = 11) Febuxostat Day 11 (n = 7) Placebo final (n = 45) Febuxostat final (n = 16)
Heart 893 ± 41** 636 ± 17 543 ± 15 553 ± 15 587 ± 29
Liver 11 292 ± 511** 7 480 ± 232 6 775 ± 359 5 640 ± 151 6 378 ± 675
Spleen 632 ± 32** 278 ± 29 302 ± 39 159 ± 8* 253 ± 44***
Kidney left 1 036 ± 26** 728 ± 18 692 ± 37 705 ± 18 752 ± 36
White adipose tissue 1 282 ± 173** 203 ± 85 136 ± 70 48 ± 28 501 ± 221***
Brown adipose tissue 311 ± 43** 100 ± 19 116 ± 15 95 ± 5 139 ± 16
Musculus gastrocnemius 1 426 ± 27** 953 ± 30 874 ± 51 795 ± 20 911 ± 83
Musculus tibialis 501 ± 7** 315 ± 14 318 ± 19 280 ± 7 312 ± 32
Musculus extensor digitalis longus 115 ± 6** 80 ± 4 77 ± 4 68 ± 1 83 ± 8***
Musculus soleus 121 ± 6* 91 ± 4 85 ± 5 76 ± 2 91 ± 7***
*

P < 0.01 vs. placebo Day 11;

**

P < 0.001 vs. placebo Day 11;

***

P < 0.05 vs. placebo final.