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. 2016 Sep 19;5(6):1585–1593. doi: 10.1039/c6tx00193a

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
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