TABLE 3

Summary Results for 111ln Chloride: Concentration Above Levels Expected for Nonspecific Uptake as Proportion of Body Mass

Mean injection time before surgery (h)%IA/g of gross testicular tissue (mean ± SE)%IA into testes* (mean ± SE)Multiple of nonspecific %IA/g of tissue (mean ± SE or (1, 2))
Gross testicular tissueSeminiferous tubulesEpididymisBlood
24.60.0058 ± 0.00070.20 ± 0.023.56 ± 0.552.14 ± 0.401.68 ± 0.233.49 ± 0.85
46.80.00330.123.641.732.613.41
(0.0044, 0.0023)(0.15, 0.08)(4.40, 2.88)(2.20, 1.26)(3.10, 2.12)(4.20, 2.62)
  • * In Tables 3 and 4, values of percentage uptake into testes as a whole are based upon mean values of uptake per gram of gross testicular tissue, combined with standard weight of 35 g.

  • (1, 2) are individual of 2 samples for each subject when only 2 samples were obtained.