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. 2018 Dec 31;34(4):166–175. doi: 10.5625/lar.2018.34.4.166

Table 1. Absolute and relative weight of major organs of Rag-2−/− mice.

Organ WT male Rag-2−/− male WT female Rag-2−/− female
(n=8) (n=7) (n=7) (n=8)
Body weight (g) 36.2±5.4 37.5±3.6 25.6±4.7 30.0±4.7
Liver (g) 1.559±0.334 1.608±0.118 1.242±0.165 1.400±0.216
(g%) 4.296±0.559 4.313±0.396 4.877±0.257 4.714±0.646
Spleen (g) 0.120±0.019 0.041±0.010*** 0.113±0.010 0.052±0.016***
(g%) 0.332±0.030 0.108±0.023*** 0.449±0.065 0.177±0.064***
Kidney (right) (g) 0.222±0.099 0.241±0.033 0.153±0.019 0.167±0.019
(g%) 0.616±0.251 0.647±0.095 0.605±0.085 0.565±0.087
Kidney (left) (g) 0.237±0.036 0.223±0.037 0.145±0.021 0.152±0.016
(g%) 0.656±0.057 0.595±0.082 0.574±0.094 0.591±0.100
Adrenal gland (right) (g) 0.001±0.000 0.001±0.000 0.005±0.000 0.006±0.001*
(g%) 0.003±0.001 0.003±0.001 0.020±0.003 0.019±0.003
Adrenal gland (left) (g) 0.001±0.000 0.001±0.000 0.006±0.001 0.007±0.001
(g%) 0.003±0.001 0.003±0.001 0.024±0.002 0.022±0.003
Testis (right)/ovary (right) (g) 0.110±0.029 0.100±0.007 0.005±0.002 0.004±0.001
(g%) 0.307±0.077 0.268±0.028 0.020±0.007 0.016±0.006
Testis (left)/ovary (left) (g) 0.100±0.006 0.096±0.006 0.005±0.001 0.004±0.001
(g%) 0.280±0.033 0.257±0.023 0.019±0.007 0.014±0.006
Thymus (g) 0.021±0.003 0.011±0.002*** 0.030±0.006 0.010±0.001***
(g%) 0.059±0.011 0.028±0.005*** 0.117±0.011 0.035±0.002***
Heart (g) 0.160±0.018 0.172±0.020 0.137±0.016 0.140±0.026
(g%) 0.444±0.021 0.458±0.036 0.545±0.100 0.477±0.118
Lung (g) 0.159±0.020 0.165±0.012 0.149±0.015 0.145±0.007
(g%) 0.443±0.046 0.442±0.038 0.593±0.080 0.495±0.072*
Brain (g) 0.501±0.031 0.526±0.038 0.498±0.027 0.515±0.032
(g%) 1.404±0.168 1.412±0.127 1.978±0.234 1.746±0.222

*P<0.05 and ***P<0.001 in comparison to respective gender-matching WT mice