Table 6 Summary of cardiometabolic impairment in male and female rats at different points in the feeding protocol.

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

Gender and experimental groups

Cardiometabolic impairment

Metabolic disturbance

LV dysfunction

Cardiac autonomic imbalance

Oxidative stress

Cardiac mitochondrial impairment

Week

Week

Week

Week

Week

4

8

12

4

8

12

4

8

12

4

8

12

4

8

12

Male

M-NDS

M-ORX

   

√

√

√

√

√

√

√

√

√

√

√

√

M-HFS

 

√

√

 

√

√

 

√

√

 

√

√

 

√

√

M-HFO

 

√

√

√

√

√

√

√

√

√

√

√

√

√

√

Female

F-NDS

F-OVX

 

√

√

  

√

  

√

  

√

  

√

F-HFS

 

√

√

  

√

  

√

  

√

  

√

F-HFO

 

√√

√√

 

√

√

 

√

√

 

√

√√

 

√

√

  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, 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.