Table 1.

Body mass and parameters of testicular size and weight in the three experimental groups (d 15)

	Healthy control rats (CO, n = 12)	Untreated cirrhotic rats (CI, n = 12)	Cirrhotic rats treated with IGF-1 (CI + IGF, n = 12)
Body mass (g)	545.0 ± 1.0	460.0 ± 1.0d	458.0 ± 9.0d
Right testis (g)	2.0 ± 0.0	1.6 ± 0.1d	1.7 ± 0.1d
(× 100 g/bm)	(0.4 ± 0.0)	(0.3 ± 0.0)	(0.4 ± 0.0)
External testicular diameters (mm)
• Longitudina	20.4 ± 0.26	18.56 ± 0.22d	18.37 ± 0.34d
• Transversal	10.3 ± 0.24	9.41 ± 0.23b	9.64 ± 0.14a

^aP < 0.05;

^bP < 0.01;

^dP < 0.001 vs CO group.