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Table 4 Body weight, glycemia, absolute and relative weights of the male reproductive organs of rats at 40, 60 and 90 days old.

From: Short- and long-term reproductive effects of prenatal and lactational growth restriction caused by maternal diabetes in male rats

 

40 days

60 days

90 days

 

OC (n = 8)

OD (n = 6)

OC (n = 8)

OD (n = 6)

OC (n = 6)

OD (n = 6)

Body weight (g)

148.89 ± 4.40

102.90 ± 5.17b

269.14 ± 9.54

219.38 ± 10.45a

375.76 ± 6.70

314.48 ± 25.46

Glycemia (mg/dL)

132.25 ± 12.18

142.33 ± 11.40

109.00 ± 3.71

113.67 ± 2.94

103.00 ± 2.37

103.00 ± 0.39

Testis (g)

0.69 ± 63.78

0.44 ± 49.10a

1.50 ± 0.05

1.12 ± 0.05b

1.63 ± 0.15

1.39 ± 0.10

   (g/100 g of BW)

0.46 ± 29.60

0.42 ± 35.08

0.56 ± 0.02

0.52 ± 0.04

0.44 ± 0.05

0.45 ± 0.02

Epididymis (mg)

74.51 ± 6.44

49.50 ± 4.30b

271.56 ± 7.08

172.73 ± 13.92b

532.92 ± .92

423.70 ± 28.32b

   (mg/100 g of BW)

49.74 ± 2.96

48.15 ± 0.74

100.85 ± 5. 26

80.13 ± 7.95a

143.17 ± 7.18

135.64 ± 2.73

Prostate (mg)

51.60 ± 5.74

40.98 ± 2.58

167.30 ± 1.22

112.70 ± 9.06a

429.72 ± 9.25

278.88 ± 14.95b

   (mg/100 g of BW)

34.43 ± 3.54

40.08 ± 2.65

60.37 ± 5.07

51.84 ± 4.46

115.04 ± 7.96

91.23 ± 7.34

S. vesicle (mg)

28.58 ± 5.51

20.88 ± 2.71

432.63 ± 4.36

260.82 ± 38.65a

1120.00 ± 0.08

853.00 ± 0.10

   (mg/100 g of BW)

18.24 ± 3.03

20.41 ± 2.59

156.32 ± 3.58

123.76 ± 26.25

298.30 ± 0.02

275.25 ± 0.03

  1. Values expressed as mean ± SEM.ap < 0.05bp < 0.01. Mann-Whitney test. BW- body weight. OC- offspring of control dams; OD- offspring of diabetic dams.