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. 2015 Apr 10;123(10):935–943. doi: 10.1289/ehp.1408581

Table 1.

Bone Pb levels in mice (ng Pb/mg dry wt of tibial bone) at 6 and 12 weeks on diet.

Time point LFD HFD 50 ppm Pb + LFD 50 ppm Pb + HFD
6 weeks 0.30 ± 0.01 0.24 ± 0.04 9.95 ± 1.02a 23.46 ± 2.47a,b
12 weeks 0.14 ± 0.03 0.10 ± 0.01 7.27 ± 0.47a 14.30 ± 3.05a,b
Data are mean ± SEM. Pb was determined in the proximal half of mineralized tibiae by atomic absorption (n = 4/group). ap < 0.05 for effect of 50 ppm Pb exposure by two-way ANOVA. bMultiplicity-adjusted p < 0.05 for interaction effect (50 ppm Pb + LFD vs. 50 ppm Pb + HFD) by two-way ANOVA with Bonferonni’s correction for multiple comparisons.
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