Table 1 Summary of blood serum testosterone levels.

From: Sexual dimorphism in cardiometabolic and cardiac mitochondrial function in obese rats following sex hormone deprivation

Experimental groups

Week

4

8

12

Blood serum testosterone (ng/dL)

M-NDS

1.37 ± 0.68

1.61 ± 0.83

1.10 ± 0.16

M-ORX

0.07 ± 0.12*,†

0.04 ± 0.01*,†

0.06 ± 0.01*,†

M-HFS

0.99 ± 0.41‡

1.05 ± 0.27‡

0.50 ± 0.06*,‡

M-HFO

0.11 ± 0.01*,†

0.11 ± 0.01*,†

0.08 ± 0.01*,†

  1. M-NDS male normal diet sham, M-ORX male orchiectomy, M-HFS male high-fat diet sham, M-HFO male high-fat diet with orchiectomy.
  2. *P < 0.05 vs. age-matched M-NDS, †P < 0.05 vs. age-matched M-HFS, ‡P < 0.05 vs. age-matched M-ORX.