Table 2 Summary of blood serum estradiol 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 estradiol (ng/dL)

F-NDS

13.9 ± 3.48

11.3 ± 1.43

13.1 ± 1.72

F-OVX

4.33 ± 1.06*,†

5.16 ± 0.31*,†

6.39 ± 0.79*,†

F-HFS

13.76 ± 2.03‡

10.26 ± 0.83‡

13.5 ± 1.19‡

F-HFO

3.06 ± 0.24*,†

5.67 ± 0.49*,†

6.25 ± 0.46*,†

  1. F-NDS female normal diet sham, F-OVX female ovariectomy, F-HFS female high-fat diet sham, F-HFO female high-fat diet with ovariectomy.
  2. *P < 0.05 vs. age-matched F-NDS, †P < 0.05 vs. age-matched F-HFS, ‡P < 0.05 vs. age-matched F-OVX.
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