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. 2007 Mar 19;104(13):5449–5454. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0610317104

Table 2.

Mean organ weight and organ/body weight ratio of male (n = 20–30 per treatment) and female (n = 20–31 per treatment) offspring

Liver Left kidney Right kidney Heart Lung
Male
    Organ weight, g
        IVC-ET 2.624 ± 0.196A 0.384 ± 0.0137 0.383 ± 0.0196 0.291 ± 0.0078 0.204 ± 0.0043
        IV-ET 2.482 ± 0.097a 0.373 ± 0.0088 0.384 ± 0.0120 0.236 ± 0.0074 0.217 ± 0.0033
        NM-6 2.627 ± 0.130A 0.393 ± 0.0242 0.357 ± 0.0188 0.208 ± 0.0064 0.208 ± 0.0057
        NM 2.105 ± 0.078Bb 0.350 ± 0.0082 0.331 ± 0.0072 0.194 ± 0.0048 0.197 ± 0.0041
    Organ/body weight ratios
        IVC-ET 0.0514 ± 0.002a 0.0076 ± 0.0002 0.0076 ± 0.0003 0.0044 ± 0.0001 0.0041 ± 0.0001
        IV-ET 0.0472 ± 0.001 0.0071 ± 0.0001 0.0073 ± 0.0001 0.0045 ± 0.0001 0.0041 ± 0.0001
        NM-6 0.052 ± 0.002A 0.0078 ± 0.0004 0.0071 ± 0.0003 0.0041 ± 0.0001 0.0042 ± 0.0001
        NM 0.0456 ± 0.001Bb 0.0076 ± 0.0001 0.0072 ± 0.0004 0.0042 ± 0.0001 0.0043 ± 0.0001
Female
    Organ weight, g
        IVC-ET 1.681 ± 0.038 0.231 ± 0.0067A 0.224 ± 0.0055A 0.0164 ± 0.0051 0.184 ± 0.0035A
        IV-ET 1.675 ± 0.065 0.243 ± 0.0055Bb 0.241 ± 0.0068B 0.1670 ± 0.0053 0.196 ± 0.0033B
        NM-6 1.821 ± 0.061 0.219 ± 0.0057A 0.209 ± 0.0084A 0.156 ± 0.0043 0.184 ± 0.0047A
        NM 1.628 ± 0.033 0.222 ± 0.0046 0.210 ± 0.0037 0.146 ± 0.0021 0.173 ± 0.0018
    Organ/body weight ratios
        IVC-ET 0.0419 ± 0.0010 0.0058 ± 0.0002 0.0056 ± 0.0002 0.0041 ± 0.0002 0.0046 ± 0.0001
        IV-ET 0.0412 ± 0.0017 0.0060 ± 0.0001A 0.0059 ± 0.0002A 0.0041 ± 0.0002 0.0048 ± 0.0001
        NM-6 0.0436 ± 0.0010 0.0053 ± 0.0002B 0.0051 ± 0.0003B 0.0038 ± 0.0001 0.0044 ± 0.0001
        NM 0.0428 ± 0.0009 0.0059 ± 0.0001A 0.0055 ± 0.0001 0.0039 ± 0.0001 0.0046 ± 0.0001

Different letters denote differences either at P < 0.05 (uppercase) or as trend (P < 0.1, lowercase).