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. 2020 Mar 18;15(3):e0229290. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0229290

Table 2. Body and organ weights of non-exercising vs exercising mice with B16-F10 or EO771 tumours.

B16 No Ex B16 Ex p-value EO771 No Ex EO771 Ex p-value
Initial body weight (g) 20.0±1.85 19.2±1.68 0.293 18.8±1.27 18.3±1.38 0.344
Final body weight (g) 20.3±1.04 19.3±1.56 0.0615 18.8±0.89 18.4±1.10 0.271
Change in body weight (%) 1.45±5.22 1.39±6.66 0.980 0.32±3.94 0.68±4.07 0.832
Heart/body weight (mg/g) 5.95±0.46 6.45±0.88 0.095 6.13±0.52 6.98±0.52 0.0008***
Spleen/body weight (mg/g) 6.98±6.27 4.73±0.88 0.232 5.22±1.28 4.67±0.78 0.260
Liver/body weight (mg/g) 45.1±5.96 46.8±6.07 0.494 46.8±6.08 50.4±3.11 0.099
Kidney/body weight (mg/g) 14.5±1.40 14.7±1.05 0.615 15.7±0.74 15.9±1.02 0.654

Values are means±SD. p-values are for exercising (Ex) vs non-exercising (No Ex) control for the respective tumour types. Data were analysed using a two-tailed student’s t test; n = 10–12.