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Table 4 Relative prostate weight, PSA and growth regulatory proteins level

From: Common salt aggravated pathology of testosterone-induced benign prostatic hyperplasia in adult male Wistar rat

Parameters

Control

LSD Group

SSD Group

HSD Group

P value

Relative Prostate Weight (%)

0.21 ± 0.06

0.24 ± 0.04

0.21 ± 0.04

0.24 ± 0.03

0.146

PSA (ng/ml)

0.23 ± 0.02

0.26 ± 0.04

0.22 ± 0.04

0.23 ± 0.03

0.085

IGF-1 (ng/ml)

0.92 ± 0.15

1.32 ± 0.56

0.99 ± 0.15

1.104 ± 0.47

0.382

TGF-β (pg/ml)

17.57 ± 6.32

27.07 ± 22.67

14.61 ± 15.23

19.36 ± 15.40

0.653

TNF-α (pg/ml)

0.15 ± 0.03

0.17 ± 0.07

0.16 ± 0.05

0.33 ± 0.22

0.102