Effect of hepatic iron concentration reduction on hepatic fibrosis and damage in rats with cholestatic liver disease

Table 5 Hepatic iron content and concentration in different groups of rats (mean±SE)

Subgroup	n	Iron concentration(µcg/g/liver)	Iron content(µcg/total liver)
Sham only	5	91.8 ± 12.9	861.3 ± 158.9
Sham and phlebotomy later	4	40.1 ± 8.83	315.1 ± 63.33
Phlebotomy and sham later	6	55.0 ± 19.7	358.9 ± 104.4
BDL only	9	80.9 ± 17.2	1122.1 ± 358.6
BDL and phlebotomy later	8	37.4 ± 6.91	477.2 ± 85.11
Phlebotomy and BDL later	8	49.0  ± 29.6	628.0 ± 224.72

¹P ≤ 0.0001,

²P ≤ 0.012 vs BDL only;

³P  ≤ 0.016 vs sham only.