The Influence of Electromagnetic Radiation Generated by a Mobile Phone on the Skeletal System of Rats

Table 1

Macrometric parameters of femur and tibia.

Parameter measured	Bone studied
	Femur		Tibia
	Animal group		Animal group
	()	()	()	()
Mass [mg/kg of body weight]	2.888 ± 0.016	2.710 ± 0.008	1.993 ± 0.006	1.993 ± 0.01
Length [mm]	35.35 ± 1.61	38.68 ± 1.64	38.32 ± 0.61	39.04 ± 0.64
Diameter of diaphysis [mm]	3.81 ± 0.15	3.89 ± 0.11	2.27 ± 0.12	2.43 ± 0.16
Diameter of the distal epiphysis [mm]	6.81 ± 0.17	6.81 ± 0.20	—	—
Diameter of the proximal epiphysis [mm]	—	—	7.08 ± 0.19	7.29 ± 0.24

The results are presented as arithmetic mean ± standard deviation (); : number of rats in a group (male rats of Wistar strain, 10 weeks old, in the beginning of the experiment).