Table 7. Summary of relative organ weight data in rats inhaling diethylbenzene for 90 days (n = 10)

Organs (%)	Groups
	Control	Low (40 ppm)	Middle (80 ppm)	High (160 ppm)
Male
Adrenal glands	0.0104 ± 0.00095	0.0106 ± 0.00205	0.0097 ± 0.00169	0.0099 ± 0.00181
Brain	0.3702 ± 0.02368	0.3684 ± 0.02462	0.3773 ± 0.0267	0.3751 ± 0.031
Epididymides	0.2784 ± 0.02783	0.2574 ± 0.02353	0.269 ± 0.0201	0.2729 ± 0.02685
Heart	0.2566 ± 0.01781	0.255 ± 0.01458	0.2467 ± 0.0100	0.2472 ± 0.01353
Kidneys	0.6099 ± 0.04355	0.5652 ± 0.0369*	0.611 ± 0.01994	0.6215 ± 0.04359
Liver	2.569 ± 0.09974	2.5058 ± 0.1827	2.5307 ± 0.17815	2.6207 ± 0.17052
Lung	0.1302 ± 0.02234	0.1244 ± 0.01409	0.1335 ± 0.0112	0.133 ± 0.00759
Spleen	0.183 ± 0.03525	0.176 ± 0.01983	0.1779 ± 0.01981	0.1864 ± 0.02227
Testes	0.6711 ± 0.06296	0.6698 ± 0.11129	0.6499 ± 0.08108	0.6832 ± 0.0476
Thymus	0.0649 ± 0.0077	0.0621 ± 0.01376	0.0615 ± 0.01042	0.0625 ± 0.00878
Female
Adrenal glands	0.0208 ± 0.00393	0.0216 ± 0.0023	0.0201 ± 0.00225	0.0215 ± 0.00278
Brain	0.6321 ± 0.03148	0.6556 ± 0.04446	0.6465 ± 0.04283	0.6558 ± 0.04322
Heart	0.2932 ± 0.02339	0.2934 ± 0.0146	0.283 ± 0.02332	0.293 ± 0.0207
Kidneys	0.6175 ± 0.03091	0.6113 ± 0.02568	0.6279 ± 0.05103	0.6661 ± 0.06205
Liver	2.891 ± 0.43007	2.7557 ± 0.18567	2.8588 ± 0.31933	2.9791 ± 0.25669
Lung	0.1823 ± 0.0157	0.1742 ± 0.01009	0.185 ± 0.01121	0.1805 ± 0.01768
Ovaries	0.0358 ± 0.00617	0.0337 ± 0.00813	0.0353 ± 0.00594	0.0354 ± 0.00568
Spleen	0.1934 ± 0.01717	0.1967 ± 0.03446	0.1926 ± 0.00704	0.2028 ± 0.01588
Thymus	0.0928 ± 0.02763	0.0759 ± 0.01674	0.0876 ± 0.01861	0.0909 ± 0.01662
Uterus	0.2867 ± 0.08935	0.2968 ± 0.06851	0.2706 ± 0.06434	0.2907 ± 0.10959

Data are expressed as the mean ± S.D.
Dunnett’s LSD test significant at the 0.05 level.
n, number of animals examined.