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. 2015 Oct 30;96(5):301–310. doi: 10.1111/iep.12141

Table 2.

Testicular stereological data (mean value ± standard deviation)

Parameters GC GCd GCdJ GJ
Seminiferous tubules
ml 1.59 ± 0.16 1.28 ± 0.20* 1.51 ± 1.16 1.55 ± 0.25
% 83.44 ± 2.46 77.32 ± 4.68 86.57 ± 2.31c 85.25 ± 1.92b
Epithelium
ml 1.15 ± 0.14 1.07 ± 0.18 1.14 ± 0.14 1.14 ± 0.18
% 60.71 ± 2.52 64.26 ± 5.23 65.01 ± 2.46 62.52 ± 1.13
Lumen
ml 0.43 ± 0.07 0.21 ± 0.03*** 0.38 ± 0.03a 0.41 ± 0.07c
% 20.49 ± 2.80 13.06 ± 1.22*** 21.56 ± 0.50a 22.73 ± 1.65c
Interstitium
ml 0.32 ± 0.07 0.37 ± 0.08 0.23 ± 0.03b 0.26 ± 0.04a
% 16.72 ± 1.98 22.67 ± 4.68 13.43 ± 2.31c 14.75 ± 1.93b

GC, control group; GCd, cadmium group; GCdJ, cadmium and grape juice concentrate group; GJ, grape juice concentrate group. (n = 6) A significant difference was found for the following: *P < 0.05 with GC, ***P ≤ 0.001 with GC. a P ≤ 0.05 with GCd, b P ≤ 0.01 with GCd, c P ≤ 0.001 with GCd.