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Relationships Between Organ Weight and Body/Brain Weight in the Rat: What Is the Best Analytical Endpoint?Wyeth Research, Chazy, New York 12921, baileys{at}wyeth.com
Bristol-Myers Squibb, East Syracuse, New York 13057
Wyeth Research, Chazy, New York 12921 Analysis of organ weight in toxicology studies is an important endpoint for identification of potentially harmful effects of chemicals. Differences in organ weight between treatment groups are often accompanied by differences in body weight between these groups, making interpretation of organ weight differences more difficult. Using data from control rats that were part of 26 toxicity studies conducted under similar conditions, we have evaluated the relationship between organ weight and body/brain weight to determine which endpoint (organ weight, organ-to-body weight ratio, or organ-to-brain weight ratio) is likely to accurately detect target organ toxicity. This evaluation has shown that analysis of organ-to-body weight ratios is predictive for evaluating liver and thyroid gland weights, and organ-to-brain weight ratios is predictive for evaluating ovary and adrenal gland weights. Brain, heart, kidney, pituitary gland, and testes weights are not modeled well by any of the choices, and alternative analysis methods such as analysis of covariance should be utilized.
Key Words: Sprague—Dawley rats • organ weight • body weight • brain weight • statistics • historical control data • toxicology studies.
Toxicologic Pathology, Vol. 32, No. 4,
448-466 (2004) This article has been cited by other articles:
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