A Stereological Study of the Toxic Effects of Cerium Oxide during Pregnancy on Kidney Tissues in Neonatal NMRI Mice

Table 1

Comparison of body weight (bw) and kidney weight in the study groups.

Group	bw (D2)	bw (D6)	bw (D15)	Kidney W (D2)	Kidney W (D6)	Kidney W (D15)
Control	^ab	^ab	^a	^ab	^ab	^ab
CeO2 (10 mg/kg bw)	^ab	^a	^8a	^a	^a	^a
CeO2 (25 mg/kg bw)	^b	^ab	^a	^ab	^ab	^ab
CeO2 (80 mg/kg bw)	^ab	^ab	^a	^ab	^ab	^b
CeO2 (250 mg/kg bw)	^b	^b	^a	^b	^b	^b

bw (D₂): 2-day-old newborn body weight; bw (D₆): 6-day-old newborn body weight; bw (D₁₅): 15-day-old newborn body weight. Kidney W (D₂): 2-day-old newborn kidney weight; Kidney W (D₆): 6-day-old newborn kidney; Kidney W (D₁₅): 15-day-old newborn kidney. Values are . The means with different letter codes are significantly different from each other (ANOVA, Tukey’s test, ).