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Table 1 Organ weights (mg) in unstressed and stressed mice. Values shown are means ± SEMs for 10–15 mice. Stressing was by immobilization for 5 h per day for 14 consecutive days. Asterisks indicate a statistically significant difference (***P ≤ 0.001) between the two groups.

From: Alterations induced by chronic stress in lymphocyte subsets of blood and primary and secondary immune organs of mice

 

Unstressed mice

Stressed mice

Fold decrease

Thymus

68.7 ± 4.3

33.3 ± 2.4***

0.5

Spleen

74.5 ± 6.2

38.5 ± 1.8***

0.5

Lymph nodes

43.7 ± 2.3

19.1 ± 1.0***

0.4