. 2019 Oct;69(5):350–373. doi: 10.30802/AALAS-CM-19-000001

Table 4.

Effects of CWF and bLAD lighting on animal organ wet weight (g) of liver, retroperitoneal fat pad (1), quadricep femoris muscle (1), heart, lung (2), kidney (2), gut, brain, testes (2), and ovary (2) tissues in C3H, C57BL/6, and BALB/c male and female mice.

	C3H				C57BL/6				BALB/c
	CWF		bLAD		CWF		bLAD		CWF		bLAD
Tissue	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F
Liver	1.870 ± 0.038	1.650 ± 0.015^a	1.728 ± 0.032^a,b	1.502 ± 0.013^a-c	1.606 ± 0.026^b,c,d	1.466 ± 0.021^a,c,d,e	1.512 ± 0.013^a-c,e,f	1.368 ± 0.026^a-g	1.610 ± 0.022^a-d,f,g,h	1.472 ± 0.019^a-e,g,h,i	1.506 ± 0.025^a-e,h,i	1.350 ± 0.038^a-g,i,j,k
Fat	0.060 ± 0.009	0.123 ± 0.008^a	0.047 ± 0.006^a,b	0.103 ± 0.004^a-c	0.054 ± 0.006^b,d	0.120 ± 0.006^a,c,d,e	0.055 ± 0.008^b,d,f	0.121 ± 0.004^a,c,d,e,g	0.057 ± 0.010^b,d,f,h	0.122 ± 0.0 07^a,c,d,e,g,i	0.055 ± 0.005^b,d,f,h,i	0.121 ± 0.002^{a,c,d,e,g,i,k}
Muscle	0.179 ± 0.003	0.167 ± 0.002^a	0.187 ± 0.002^a,b	0.176 ± 0.002^b,c	0.168 ± 0.001^a,c,d	0.133 ± 0.002^a-e	0.168 ± 0.001^a,c,d,f	0.134 ± 0.002^a-e,g	0.170 ± 0.001^a-h	0.153 ± 0.001^a-i	0.171 ± 0.001^a-h,j	0.155 ± 0.001^a-i,k
Heart	0.131 ± 0.001	0.115 ± 0.001^a	0.124 ± 0.001^a,b	0.112 ± 0.001^a-c	0.211 ± 0.001^a-d	0.172 ± 0.002^a-e	0.212 ± 0.002^a-c,d,f	0.173 ± 0.001^a-e,g	0.151 ± 0.001^a-h	0.122 ± 0.001^a,b,d-i	0.151 ± 0.001^a,-h,j	0.122 ± 0.002^a,b,d-i,k
Lung	0.188 ± 0.001	0.180 ± 0.001^a	0.179 ± 0.001^a,b	0.175 ± 0.001^a-c	0.191 ± 0.001^a-d	0.181 ± 0.001^a,c,d,e	0.191 ± 0.001^a-d,f	0.181 ± 0.001^a,d,e,g	0.191 ± 0.001^a-d,f,h	0.180 ± 0. 001^a,d,e,g,i	0.191 ± 0.001^a-c,d,f,h,j	0.179 ± 0.002^a,d,e,g,i,k
Kidney	0.460 ± 0.002	0.276 ± 0.001^a	0.412 ± 0.002^a,b	0.251 ± 0.002^a-c	0.424 ± 0.002^a-d	0.266 ± 0.002^a-e	0.425 ± 0.001^a-d,f	0.267 ± 0.002^a-e,g	0.444 ± 0.002^a-g	0.285 ± 0.001^a-i	0.445 ± 0.001^a-h,j	0.285 ± 0.002^a-i,k
Gut	1.219 ± 0.007	1.192 ± 0.0.009^a	1.116 ± 0.007^a,b	1.085 ± 0.007^a-c	1.192 ± 0.008^a,c,d	1.165 ± 0.006^a-e	1.194 ± 0.005^a,c,d,f	1.166 ± 0.006^a-e,g	1.200 ± 0.005^a-d,f,h	1.180 ± 0.003^a-i	1.201 ± 0.008^a-d,f,h,j	1.181 ± 0.005^a-i,k
Brain	0.421 ± 0.002	0.425 ± 0.002^a	0.416 ± 0.002^a,b	0.420 ± 0.001^b,c	0.416 ± 0.001^a,b,d	0.421 ± 0.002^a-c,e	0.413 ± 0.002^a-c,f	0.419 ± 0.001^b,e,g	0.376 ± 0.002^a-h	0.386 ± 0.001^a-i	0.371 ± 0.001^a-j	0.383 ± 0.001^a-i,k
Testes	0.160 ± 0.020	_	0.134 ± 0.024^a	_	0.233 ± 0.020^a,c	_	0.230 ± 0.030^a,c	_	0.180 ± 0.023^a,c,e,g	_	0.183 ± 0.019^a,c,e,g	_
Ovary	_	0.0051 ± 0.0008	_	0.0044 ± 0.0006^b	_	0.0073 ± 0.0027^b,d	_	0.0074 ± 0.0019^b,d	_	0.0056 ± 0.0017^d,f,h	_	0.0056 ± 0.0014^d,f,h

Values represent means ± 1 SD (n = 30/group; that is, 30 males and 30 females in each lighting environment per strain)

P < 0.05 compared with value for C3H mice in male CWF control group.

P < 0.05 compared with value for C3H mice in female CWF control group.

P < 0.05 compared with value for C3H mice in male bLAD experimental group.

P < 0.05 compared with value for C3H mice in female bLAD experimental group.

P < 0.05 compared with value for C57BL/6 mice in male CWF control group.

P < 0.05 compared with value for C57BL/6 mice in female CWF control group.

P < 0.05 compared with value for C57BL/6 mice in male bLAD experimental group.

P < 0.05 compared with value for C57BL/6 mice in female bLAD experimental group.

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P < 0.05 compared with value for BALB/c mice in male CWF control group.

P < 0.05 compared with value for BALB/c mice in female CWF control group.

P < 0.05 compared with value for BALB/c mice in male bLAD experimental group.