Table 6.

Body and tissue mass

	Sham	Castrated
Initial body weight, g	26.7 ± 0.40	26.7 ± 0.39
Final body weight, g	32.6 ± 0.61	29.4 ± 0.62*
Heart, mg	139.29 ± 3.44	121.87 ± 2.54*
Spleen, mg	64.56 ± 2.39	85.32 ± 1.39*
Epididymal fat pad, mg	1,035.64 ± 65.72	1,129.28 ± 112.61
Seminal vesicle, mg	364.42 ± 14.16	11.03 ± 1.23*

Values are means ± SE; n = 18 mice for both sham and castrated groups.

^*Significance at P < 0.05.