TABLE 2.
Body and Organ Weights of 5.5 Month-Old Mice Fed a Chow or n-3 PUFA-Enriched Diet for 10 Weeks and Exposed to Control or TCDD for the Final 2 Weeks on Each Diet
| Weight | Chow Dieta |
n-3 PUFA Diet |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Control | TCDD | Control | TCDD | |
| Body (g) | 27.9 ± 1.0 | 27.3 ± 0.2 | 29.1 ± 0.9 | 29.3 ± 0.7 |
| Heart (mg) | 111 ± 3 (0.39 ± 0.01)b | 113 ± 3 (0.41 ± 0.01) | 116 ± 3 (0.40 ± 0.01) | 108 ± 3 (0.37 ± 0.01) |
| Liver (mg) | 1,413 ± 57 (5.1 ± 0.4) | 1,598 ± 57* (5.8 ± 0.1) | 1,510 ± 57 (5.2 ± 0.1) | 1,628 ± 57 (5.6 ± 0.1) |
| Kidney (mg) | 295 ± 8 (1.06 ± 0.03) | 297 ± 8 (1.08 ± 0.02) | 339 ± 8** (1.17 ± 0.02)** | 328 ± 8** (1.12 ± 0.02)** |
| Lung (mg) | 148 ± 3 (0.53 ± 0.01) | 144 ± 3 (0.52 ± 0.01) | 150 ± 3 (0.52 ± 0.01) | 150 ± 3 (0.51 ± 0.01) |
aValues are expressed as mean ± SEM, n = 8. Data were analyzed by 2-way ANOVA with post hoc Holm-Sidak comparisons.
b(Organ weight (g)/body weight (g)) × 100.
*P < .05 versus chow control.
**P < .05 versus same treatment group fed the chow diet.