Table 5. Results of factorial analysis for thyroid endpoints of OVX rat treated with PTU, PCBs, and AP.
Variance source |
Serum tT3 |
Serum tT4 |
Thyroid/body weight ratio |
Follicular epithelium/colloid ratio |
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F | P | F | P | F | P | F | P | ||
Main effect | PTU | 44.93 | <0.001a | 54.30 | <0.001a | 65.21 | <0.001a | 23.59 | <0.001a |
PCBs | 0.15 | 0.70 | 67.71 | <0.001a | 13.17 | <0.001a | 0.28 | 0.60 | |
AP | 31.76 | <0.001a | 26.82 | <0.001a | 72.82 | <0.001a | 81.94 | <0.001a | |
Interaction | PTU*PCBs | 12.99 | 0.001b | 1.12 | 0.295 | 0.38 | 0.54 | 7.45 | 0.008b |
PTU*AP | 0.14 | 0.71 | 0.33 | 0.57 | 2.12 | 0.15 | 7.62 | 0.007b | |
PCBs*AP | 12.95 | 0.001b | 2.56 | 0.11 | 1.33 | 0.25 | 1.21 | 0.27 | |
PTU*PCBs*AP | 44.52 | <0.001b | 8.50 | 0.005 | 2.48 | 0.12 | 26.46 | <0.001b |