Table 3. Summary of blood biochemistry data in male rats inhaling diethylbenzene for 90 days (n = 10)

Parameters	Groups
	Control	Low (40 ppm)	Middle (80 ppm)	High (160 ppm)
Na (mmol/L)	147.42 ± 4.56	149.95 ± 4.155	143.05 ± 18.055	149.48 ± 3.021
K (mmol/L)	5.252 ± 0.3827	5.38 ± 0.2043	5.201 ± 0.43	5.297 ± 0.3325
Cl (mmol/L)	106.45 ± 3.682	109.24 ± 3.23	104.37 ± 12.805	108.34 ± 2.147
TP (g/dL)	6.04 ± 0.366	6.02 ± 0.297	6.08 ± 0.644	6.11 ± 0.42
ALB (g/dL)	3.95 ± 0.196	3.98 ± 0.204	3.93 ± 0.313	3.92 ± 0.22
CREA (mg/dL)	0.384 ± 0.0222	0.415 ± 0.0299	0.409 ± 0.0458	0.402 ± 0.0349
BUN (mg/dL)	17.47 ± 2.874	19.68 ± 1.737	17.93 ± 1.941	19.05 ± 2.32
GLU (mg/dL)	149.79 ± 35.882	152.86 ± 20.589	165.73 ± 38.972	167.59 ± 24.634
Ca (mg/dL)	9.55 ± 0.334	9.55 ± 0.36	9.5 ± 0.316	9.68 ± 0.429
IP (mg/dL)	5.8 ± 0.516	6.2 ± 0.476	6.23 ± 0.574	6.36 ± 0.687
TBIL (mg/dL)	–0.005 ± 0.0207	0.005 ± 0.0151	–0.017 ± 0.0216	–0.018 ± 0.0244
TCHO (mg/dL)	84.37 ± 14.67	96.69 ± 12.187	96.79 ± 20.897	88.69 ± 15.305
TG (mg/dL)	71.78 ± 31.735	55.39 ± 19.925	47.91 ± 14.067	59.44 ± 18.51
AST (IU/L)	150.09 ± 37.835	52.8 ± 15.618	148.96 ± 56.9	132.92 ± 14.409
ALT (IU/L)	42.91 ± 7.243	186.35 ± 64.471	47.55 ± 9.92	48.05 ± 9.594
ALP (IU/L)	274.23 ± 57.055	325.66 ± 71.903	302.62 ± 83.337	388.10 ± 122.569*
A/G ratio	1.92 ± 0.199	1.95 ± 0.246	1.86 ± 0.171	1.79 ± 0.11

Data are expressed as the mean ± S.D.
Dunnett’s LSD test significant at the 0.05 level.
n, number of animals examined; Na, sodium; K, potassium; Cl, chloride; TP, total protein; ALB, albumin; CREA, creatinine; BUN, blood urea nitrogen; GLU, glucose; Ca, calcium; IP, inorganic phosphorus; TBIL, total bilirubin; TCHO, total cholesterol; TG, triglycerides; AST, aspartate aminotransferase; ALT, alanine aminotransferase; ALP, alkaline phosphatase; A/G ratio, albumin/globulin ratio.