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Table 2 Weight of organs (absolute and relative)

From: Chronic exposure to PM2.5 aggravates SLE manifestations in lupus-prone mice

  

C57-FA

C57-CAP

NZBW-FA

NZBW-CAP

Absolute (g)

Kidney

0.153 ± 0.008

0.162 ± 0.024

0.203 ± 0.014a,b

0.263 ± 0.040a,b,c

 

Spleen

0.082 ± 0.008

0.084 ± 0.015

0.094 ± 0.027

0.173 ± 0.124a,c’

 

Liver

1.127 ± 0.107

1.080 ± 0.197

1.549 ± 0.137a,b

1.807 ± 0.488a,b

 

Heart

0.104 ± 0.004

0.120 ± 0.015a’

0.157 ± 0.014a,b

0.177 ± 0.041a,b

 

Thymus

0.091 ± 0.020

0.057 ± 0.019a

0.059 ± 0.013a

0.106 ± 0.045b,c

Relative (%)

Kidney

0.66 ± 0.05

0.66 ± 0.06

0.53 ± 0.04a,b

0.73 ± 0.17c

 

Spleen

0.35 ± 0.02

0.34 ± 0.04

0.24 ± 0.07a,b

0.45 ± 0.26c’

 

Liver

4.87 ± 0.39

4.36 ± 0.61a’

4.06 ± 0.29a

4.88 ± 0.94

 

Heart

0.45 ± 0.03

0.49 ± 0.06

0.41 ± 0.03a,b

0.48 ± 0.10

 

Thymus

0.39 ± 0.08

0.23 ± 0.08a

0.15 ± 0.03a

0.28 ± 0.09a,c

  1. Values represented by mean ± standard deviation. n = 7–10 animals/group. ANOVA followed by post-hoc test Gabriel or Games-Howell or T-test
  2. a,a’ p < 0.05 when compared to C57-FA (a ANOVA; a’ T-test)
  3. b p < 0.05 when compared to C57-CAP
  4. c,c’ p < 0.05 when compared to NZBW-FA (c ANOVA; c’ T-test)
  5. C57-FA: control-filtered; C57-CAP: control-pollution; NZBW-FA: lupus-filtered; NZBW-CAP: lupus-pollution