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. 2020 Oct 30;15(10):e0241285. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0241285

Fig 5. Larger spleen/body weight ratio following cervical SCI.

Fig 5

(a) The spleen/body ratio was significantly higher in rats with cervical SCI compared to shams at all time points of the study. Also, when compared to the naive group, rats that received a sham injury had a smaller spleen/body weight ratio at 20 weeks. (b) Absolute spleen weight was not different between the cervical SCI and sham group. Also, the naive group had significantly larger spleen masses compared to the sham group at 20 weeks. (c) Rats with cervical SCI had significantly lower body weight compared to their sham counterparts at all time points of the study. There was no significant difference in body weight between sham and naive rats. One-way ANOVA with Bonferroni post hoc test was conducted to compare groups within each time point. * Indicates significant difference between sham and cervical SCI groups, whereas # indicates significant difference between sham and naive groups. */# p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001, **** p < 0.0001 (p indicates values for post-hoc tests), N = 6–12 (2 weeks); 6–8 (10 weeks); 4–6 (20 weeks) rats/group, mean ± SEM.