Table 3.

Concentration of thiol groups in heart, kidney and liver of female and male Hannover Sprague-Dawley (HanSD) and transgenic rats (TGR) aged 9 months.

Females	HanSD (n=8)	TGR (n=8)
Heart (μmol/g)	1.73 ± 0.08	1.54 ± 0.05
Kidney (μmol/g)	4.10 ± 0.17	4.24 ± 0.17
Liver (μmol/g)	4.89 ± 0.39	4.82 ± 0.28
Males	HanSD (n=6)	TGR (n=5)
Heart (μmol/g)	2.13 ± 0.08#	2.35 ± 0.05#
Kidney (μmol/g)	3.19 ± 0.18#	3.36 ± 0.15#
Liver (μmol/g)	8.58 ± 0.29#	8.52 ± 2.19#

All values are mean ± SEM, n, number of animals is given in parentheses. Significantly different:

^#P ≤ 0.05 vs. females.