Effects of Subacute Exposure of Dibutyl Phthalate on the Homeostatic Model Assessment, Thyroid Function, and Redox Status in Rats

Table 1

Effects of subacute exposure of dibutyl phthalate on nutritional determinants and anthropometric parameters of obesity in rats.

	Control	DBP; 10 mg/kg	DBP; 50 mg/kg	DBP 100 mg/kg	(treatment)	(linear)	(quadratic)	(treatment×gender)
Body weight (g)					0.32	0.84	0.27	0.20
Body weight gain (g)	^a	^b	^ab	^a	0.02	0.79	0.03	0.45
Feed consumed (g/day)					0.90	0.75	0.60	0.80
Energy intake (KJ/day)					0.90	0.74	0.60	0.84
Feed efficiency (%)	^a	^b	^bc	^ac	<0.01	0.90	<0.01	0.60
Thoracic circumference (cm)					0.19	0.54	0.06	0.56
Abdominal circumference (cm)					0.14	0.32	0.08	0.30
AC/TC					0.46	0.12	0.87	0.21
Body length (cm)					0.11	0.69	0.08	0.21
BMI (g/cm^2)					0.58	0.39	0.52	0.69

Data are presented as . Superscripts ^a–c within the row indicate significant differences (). Two-way ANOVA was used for assessing the effects of treatment and gender. Polynomial contrasts (linear and quadratic) were used to assess monotonic and nonmonotonic responses.