Table 1.
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 |
P < 0.05;
P < 0.01;
P < 0.001 vs CO group.