Review Article
Gender Differences in Metabolic Disorders and Related Diseases in Spontaneously Diabetic Torii-Leprfa Rats
Table 2
Organ weights in male SD and SDT fatty rats.
| | 32 weeks of age | 40 weeks of age |
| Testes | | | Absolute weight (mg) | | | SD rat | 4174.9 ± 341.9 | 3885.3 ± 102.1 | SDT fatty rat | 3796.6 ± 183.1 | 3320.3 ± 438.2 | Relative weight (mg/g) | | | SD rat | 4.813 ± 0.758 | 4.072 ± 0.525 | SDT fatty rat | 7.578 ± 1.039** | 6.294 ± 0.895** | Epididymides | | | Absolute weight (mg) | | | SD rat | 585.8 ± 82.9 | 551.4 ± 43.3 | SDT fatty rat | 502.3 ± 6.2 | 494.4 ± 3.0** | Relative weight (mg/g) | | | SD rat | 0.837 ± 0.121 | 0.615 ± 0.092 | SDT fatty rat | 0.919 ± 0.114 | 0.930 ± 0.053** |
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Data represent the mean ± standard deviation (n = 4–6). and **P < 0.01 versus age-matched SD rats.
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