Table 1.

Effects of TCDD on organ weights (both absolute and relative weights) in streptozotocin-treated male CD-1 mice.

Groups		Thymus	Pancreas	Spleen	Kidneys	Liver
VH	mg	119 ± 10	310 ± 20	117 ± 4	960 ± 25	2663 ± 89
	%	0.227 ± 0.014	0.598 ± 0.046	0.226 ± 0.013	1.843 ± 0.040	5.114 ± 0.155
TCDD	mg	81 ± 9*	276 ± 14	209 ± 5*	974 ± 54	4259 ± 296*
	%	0.164 ± 0.019*	0.558 ± 0.033	0.422 ± 0.018*	1.955 ± 0.087	8.563 ± 0.541*

Male CD-1 mice were gavaged biweekly with vehicle (corn oil) or TCDD (6 μg/kg) for up to 182 days. N = 6.

^*p ≤ 0.05 between VH and TCDD treatment.