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Table 6.

Absolute and relative organ weights in rats administered blueberry leaf powder for 13 weeks.

	Dose groups (mg/kg body weight/day)
	Males (n = 10)				Females (n = 10)
	Control	500	1000	2500	Control	500	1000	2500
Absolute organ weights (g)
Body weights	481 ± 50	453 ± 41	462 ± 48	442 ± 38	266 ± 28	265 ± 24	259 ± 20	265 ± 22
Liver	12.1 ± 1.6	11.3 ± 1.1	11.9 ± 1.9	11.0 ± 1.2	6.8 ± 0.4	6.4 ± 0.7	6.6 ± 0.6	6.9 ± 0.5
Kidney	2.69 ± 0.28	2.65 ± 0.42	2.66 ± 0.24	2.58 ± 0.22	1.62 ± 0.15	1.55 ± 0.14	1.55 ± 0.12	1.62 ± 0.12
Adrenal	0.057 ± 0.015	0.055 ± 0.011	0.062 ± 0.013	0.056 ± 0.010	0.068 ± 0.010	0.069 ± 0.009	0.068 ± 0.013	0.072 ± 0.010
Spleen	0.81 ± 0.08	0.74 ± 0.11	0.79 ± 0.10	0.78 ± 0.08	0.51 ± 0.07	0.51 ± 0.06	0.54 ± 0.06	0.54 ± 0.07
Heart	1.28 ± 0.12	1.22 ± 0.12	1.25 ± 0.11	1.21 ± 0.08	0.78 ± 0.07	0.72 ± 0.06	0.75 ± 0.04	0.75 ± 0.04
Lung	1.46 ± 0.13	1.51 ± 0.17	1.52 ± 0.11	1.40 ± 0.09	1.03 ± 0.05	1.04 ± 0.06	1.06 ± 0.07	1.06 ± 0.08
Visceral fat¹	7.9 ± 2.4	7.5 ± 2.5	7.1 ± 2.4	6.1 ± 2.1	5.19 ± 2.40	6.10 ± 5.14	6.10 ± 4.84	4.18 ± 1.98
Thymus	0.440 ± 0.076	0.366 ± 0.090	0.389 ± 0.093	0.343 ± 0.05	0.324 ± 0.030	0.300 ± 0.048	0.285 ± 0.047	0.270 ± 0.051
Thyroid	0.015 ± 0.002	0.014 ± 0.004	0.014 ± 0.002	0.014 ± 0.003	0.010 ± 0.003	0.011 ± 0.002	0.012 ± 0.003	0.012 ± 0.003
Relative organ weight (g/100 g body weight)
Liver	2.51 ± 0.18	2.48 ± 0.11	2.56 ± 0.21	2.49 ± 0.13	2.58 ± 0.15	2.42 ± 0.16	2.54 ± 0.16	2.60 ± 0.17
Kidney	0.561 ± 0.048	0.585 ± 0.076	0.578 ± 0.025	0.583 ± 0.032	0.612 ± 0.049	0.587 ± 0.042	0.599 ± 0.029	0.613 ± 0.058
Adrenal	0.012 ± 0.003	0.012 ± 0.003	0.014 ± 0.003	0.013 ± 0.002	0.025 ± 0.003	0.026 ± 0.005	0.026 ± 0.005	0.027 ± 0.004
Spleen	0.169 ± 0.015	0.162 ± 0.013	0.172 ± 0.021	0.177 ± 0.012	0.191 ± 0.021	0.194 ± 0.030	0.210 ± 0.019	0.203 ± 0.027
Heart	0.267 ± 0.015	0.269 ± 0.015	0.272 ± 0.017	0.275 ± 0.020	0.295 ± 0.024	0.274 ± 0.016	0.290 ± 0.013	0.285 ± 0.023
Lung	0.305 ± 0.019	0.335 ± 0.031	0.331 ± 0.029	0.318 ± 0.025	0.392 ± 0.035	0.394 ± 0.037	0.411 ± 0.049	0.404 ± 0.038
Visceral fat¹	1.65 ± 0.49	1.64 ± 0.48	1.52 ± 0.46	1.37 ± 0.39	1.90 ± 0.70	2.24 ± 1.75	2.30 ± 1.72	1.55 ± 0.61
Thymus	0.092 ± 0.017	0.080 ± 0.016	0.084 ± 0.17	0.077 ± 0.008*	0.122 ± 0.011	0.114 ± 0.019	0.110 ± 0.015	0.103 ± 0.022*
Thyroid	0.0031 ± 0.0005	0.0032 ± 0.0010	0.0030 ± 0.0004	0.0032 ± 0.0007	0.0039 ± 0.0011	0.0040 ± 0.0007	0.0045 ± 0.0015	0.0047 ± 0.0012

All values represent the mean ± S.D. ¹Mesenteric fat. No significant differences were found between control and treated rats (P < 0.05, Dunnett’s test).