Table 4. Summary of blood biochemistry data in female rats inhaling diethylbenzene for 90 days (n = 10)

Parameters	Groups
	Control	Low (40 ppm)	Middle (80 ppm)	High (160 ppm)
Na (mmol/L)	148.58 ± 3.446	149.67 ± 2.76	148.2 ± 0.937	149.23 ± 1.794
K (mmol/L)	4.141 ± 0.3743	4.436 ± 0.4323	4.294 ± 0.408	4.397 ± 0.2867
Cl (mmol/L)	110.54 ± 3.795	110.33 ± 2.277	109.74 ± 1.952	110.03 ± 1.946
TP (g/dL)	6.8 ± 0.512	6.96 ± 0.381	6.92 ± 0.225	6.72 ± 0.463
ALB (g/dL)	4.93 ± 0.347	5.11 ± 0.298	4.97 ± 0.183	4.91 ± 0.395
CREA (mg/dL)	0.506 ± 0.0288	0.477 ± 0.0381	0.492 ± 0.0547	0.499 ± 0.059
BUN (mg/dL)	19.52 ± 3.803	18.83 ± 1.703	20.65 ± 5.16	20.27 ± 4.999
GLU (mg/dL)	156.9 ± 22.547	159.78 ± 24.865	164.05 ± 27.899	174.14 ± 23.706
Ca (mg/dL)	9.9 ± 0.306	10.12 ± 0.273	10.13 ± 0.221	9.99 ± 0.372
IP (mg/dL)	4.79 ± 0.698	5.07 ± 0.82	5.1 ± 1.011	5.17 ± 1.02
TBIL (mg/dL)	0.029 ± 0.0228	0.05 ± 0.0278	0.028 ± 0.0132	0.027 ± 0.0212
TCHO (mg/dL)	102.09 ± 32.35	108.6 ± 17.884	109.24 ± 15.919	109.43 ± 23.045
TG (mg/dL)	51.41 ± 27.341	54.77 ± 22.325	69.49 ± 23.27	55.92 ± 23.403
AST (IU/L)	131.43 ± 102.464	133.18 ± 43.149	103.72 ± 22.677	174.52 ± 71.06
ALT (IU/L)	52.54 ± 23.967	44.46 ± 12.564	48.9 ± 11.351	58.09 ± 17.349
ALP (IU/L)	193.37 ± 70.115	251.92 ± 161.945	237.13 ± 104.98	237.4 ± 109.837
A/G ratio	2.65 ± 0.207	2.77 ± 0.2	2.56 ± 0.241	2.72 ± 0.239

Data are expressed as the mean ± S.D.
n, number of animals examined; Na, odium; 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.