Table 2.
Organ and tissue weights: Estimated marginal means (±SEM) of wet organ and tissue weights.
| Length | Kidney | Heart | Spleen | Uterus | Ovaries | Liver | TAG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle | 9.8 (0.1) | 174.0 (4.9) | 119.1 (4.3) | 89.4 (6.3) | 128.2 (13.2) | 5.6 (0.5) | 1247.5 (74.6) | 23.4 (2.7) |
| 1.5 μg/kg/day | 9.8 (0.1) | 177.6 (4.6) | 123.6 (4.2) | 90.0 (6.1) | 126.1 (12.8) | 5.9 (0.5) | 1154.7 (81.6) | 17.4 (3.0) |
| 15 μg/kg/day | 9.9 (0.1) | 172.1 (5.3) | 114.9 (4.6) | 79.9 (6.8) | 112.2 (14.2) | 6.2 (0.6) | 1321.8 (89.1) | 17.4 (2.8) |
| 150 μg/kg/day | 9.9 (0.1) | 171.6 (4.0) | 118.2 (3.6) | 95.3 (5.3) | 129.9 (11.1) | 6.1 (0.4) | 1274.0 (54.9) | 17.7 (2.7) |
| 1,500 μg/kg/day | 9.9 (0.1) | 168.6 (4.5) | 120.0 (4.1) | 83.3 (5.9) | 133.4 (12.5) | 5.3 (0.5) | 1243.4 (59.0) | 19.7 (2.8) |
n = 10, 8, 9, 10, 9 respectively, for vehicle, 1.5, 15, 150, and 1500 μg/kg/day treatment groups.
Length = nose to rump length in cm.
Kidney, heart, liver, spleen, uterus, and ovary weights expressed as mg and included body weight as a covariate.
TAG = liver triacylglycerol mmol/kg wet weight.