Table 1.

Estimations of the total number (N), number per gram (N g⁻¹) of hepatic stellate cells (HSC), hepatocytes (HEP) and Kupffer cells (KC) in 2 months male and female Wistar rats. The percentage of binucleated hepatocytes (BnHEP), as well as their N g⁻¹ is also included

Parameters	N HSC (×106)	N g−1 HSC (×106)	N HEP (×106)	N g−1 HEP (×106)	% BnHEP	N g−1 BnHEP (×106)	N KC (×106)	N g−1 KC (×106)
Males	208 ± 37a	14.0 ± 2.2	1948 ± 349	136 ± 11a	24.8 ± 4.2	30.3 ± 9.2a	284 ± 51	19.7 ± 2.8a
Females	127 ± 19a	13.5 ± 2.6	1734 ± 348	183 ± 39a	33.8 ± 4.7	60.5 ± 7.7a	285 ± 47	30.1 ± 6.0a

^aSignificant differences across gender (Mann–Whitney's U‐test). Data expressed as mean ± standard deviation (SD).