Table 6. Summary of absolute organ weight data in rats inhaling diethylbenzene for 90 days (n = 10)

Organs (g)	Groups
	Control	Low (40 ppm)	Middle (80 ppm)	High (160 ppm)
Male
Adrenal glands	0.0588 ± 0.00473	0.0601 ± 0.01184	0.0527 ± 0.0106	0.0555 ± 0.01229
Brain	2.0917 ± 0.10405	2.0891 ± 0.08539	2.0457 ± 0.09041	2.0899 ± 0.08758
Epididymides	1.5725 ± 0.13997	1.4585 ± 0.08497	1.4619 ± 0.13024	1.5218 ± 0.12653
Heart	1.4519 ± 0.11511	1.4488 ± 0.09532	1.344 ± 0.12741	1.3856 ± 0.1415
Kidneys	3.4528 ± 0.30324	3.206 ± 0.14593	3.3262 ± 0.27257	3.4775 ± 0.32525
Liver	14.5399 ± 0.90226	14.245 ± 1.27354	13.8062 ± 1.69652	14.7038 ± 1.6898
Lung	0.7356 ± 0.12172	0.7047 ± 0.0624	0.7262 ± 0.07621	0.7449 ± 0.07664
Spleen	1.0301 ± 0.17322	0.9974 ± 0.09512	0.9655 ± 0.10179	1.0473 ± 0.17922
Testes	3.792 ± 0.32464	3.7898 ± 0.53555	3.5297 ± 0.44182	3.8188 ± 0.31786
Thymus	0.3674 ± 0.04833	0.3512 ± 0.07437	0.3329 ± 0.04882	0.3479 ± 0.03877
Female
Adrenal glands	0.0635 ± 0.01219	0.065 ± 0.00645	0.0608 ± 0.00732	0.0642 ± 0.00838
Brain	1.9297 ± 0.08218	1.975 ± 0.05988	1.9461 ± 0.0457	1.9538 ± 0.07729
Heart	0.8957 ± 0.07737	0.8889 ± 0.09421	0.8552 ± 0.09261	0.8759 ± 0.0856
Kidneys	1.888 ± 0.13662	1.8508 ± 0.18423	1.89 ± 0.08911	1.9879 ± 0.19474
Liver	8.8245 ± 1.27524	8.3293 ± 0.75785	8.6293 ± 1.04305	8.9003 ± 0.93689
Lung	0.5559 ± 0.0365	0.5263 ± 0.04167	0.5583 ± 0.03857	0.5382 ± 0.04932
Ovaries	0.1091 ± 0.01818	0.1012 ± 0.02264	0.1064 ± 0.01893	0.1057 ± 0.01701
Spleen	0.5908 ± 0.05493	0.5953 ± 0.11658	0.5819 ± 0.04356	0.6051 ± 0.05022
Thymus	0.283 ± 0.08271	0.2276 ± 0.04225	0.2642 ± 0.05614	0.2705 ± 0.04523
Uterus	0.8653 ± 0.21703	0.8974 ± 0.21898	0.8164 ± 0.19991	0.8683 ± 0.32513

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