Table 4.

Organ weights in male NOD mice initially on a phytoestrogen-free diet for 70 days and then switched to the soy-based diet for another 31 days.

Absolute Organ Weights (mg)
Treatment	Spleen	Pancreas	Kidneys	Liver	Thymus
Vehicle	84.0 ± 3.5	236.5 ± 12.3	487.8 ± 12.8	1750.7 ± 59.8	28.5 ± 1.7
300 μg/kg BPS	80.0 ± 6.0	219.2 ± 12.8	494.8 ± 20.5	1696.8 ± 70.3	19.1 ± 1.4 *
Organ to Body Weight (%)
Treatment	%Spleen	%Pancreas	%Kidneys	%Liver	%Thymus
Vehicle	0.25 ± 0.01	0.69 ± 0.03	1.42 ± 0.02	5.10 ± 0.07	0.08 ± 0.01
300 μg/kg BPS	0.24 ± 0.01	0.66 ± 0.03	1.50 ± 0.02 *	5.07 ± 0.08	0.06 ± 0.00 *

Data are presented as mean ± SEM. *, p < 0.05 using Student’s t-test or Wilcoxon based on whether equal variance assumption was met as compared to the respective vehicle control group. N = 9–10.