Table 10.

Summary of organ weights relative to body weight (%).

Group (mg/kg bw/d)		Organ weight relative to body weight (%)
		Brain	Liver	Kidneys	Heart	Thymus	Spleen	Testes or uterus	Epididymides or ovaries	Adrenals	Thyroids
Males
Control (n = 10)	Mean	0.512	2.371	0.538	0.271	0.104	0.167	0.825	0.384	0.018	0.007
	SD	0.031	0.206	0.032	0.017	0.027	0.019	0.051	0.024	0.003	0.001
180 (n = 10)	Mean	0.519	2.551	0.564	0.269	0.096	0.183	0.831	0.391	0.018	0.005
	SD	0.021	0.137	0.034	0.037	0.018	0.011	0.060	0.031	0.003	0.001
	±%	1	8	5	−1	−8	10	1	2	−5	−19
	SS		∗				∗				∗
300 (n = 10)	Mean	0.540	2.502	0.593	0.305	0.082	0.203	0.692	0.347	0.022	0.005
	SD	0.054	0.099	0.045	0.031	0.011	0.021	0.201	0.046	0.003	0.001
	±%	5	6	10	13	−21	22	−16	−10	18	−20
	SS			∗∗	∗	∗	∗∗		∗	∗	∗
375 (n = 9)	Mean	0.549	2.519	0.588	0.329	0.079	0.189	0.379	0.304	0.025	0.006
	SD	0.040	0.148	0.043	0.047	0.009	0.019	0.187	0.040	0.003	0.001
	±%	7	6	9	22	−23	13	−54	−21	35	−5
	SS			∗	∗∗	∗	∗	∗∗	∗∗	∗∗
Females
Control (n = 10)	Mean	0.807	2.739	0.663	0.343	0.170	0.226	0.274	0.068	0.037	0.009
	SD	0.064	0.215	0.058	0.032	0.023	0.041	0.036	0.014	0.005	0.002
180 (n = 10)	Mean	0.831	3.051	0.656	0.316	0.155	0.260	0.359	0.064	0.035	0.009
	SD	0.040	0.110	0.049	0.023	0.017	0.034	0.107	0.013	0.007	0.002
	±%	3	11	−1	−8	−9	15	31	−6	−4	7
	SS		∗∗					∗
300 (n = 8)	Mean	0.794	2.828	0.625	0.367	0.132	0.244	0.233	0.059	0.037	0.009
	SD	0.054	0.204	0.025	0.031	0.019	0.029	0.078	0.012	0.005	0.001
	±%	−2	3	−6	7	−23	8	−15	−13	0	2
	SS					∗∗
375 (n = 10)	Mean	0.796	2.892	0.628	0.384	0.125	0.245	0.231	0.061	0.038	0.009
	SD	0.071	0.200	0.039	0.048	0.023	0.026	0.068	0.013	0.006	0.002
	±%	−1	6	−5	12	−27	8	−15	−10	5	5
	SS				∗	∗∗

±%, percent deviation versus control, mg/kg bw/d, milligrams per kilogram body weight per day; SD, standard deviation; SS, statistical significance; n, number of animals.

^∗ p < 0.05; ^∗∗ p < 0.01.