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Table 3 Hormone analysis

From: Vitamin C partially attenuates male reproductive deficits in hyperglycemic rats

Groups

Normoglycemic

(n = 10)

Hyperglycemic

(n = 10)

Hyperglycemic + vitamin C (n = 9)

Testosterone (ng/mL)

1.65 [1.60 - 1.77] a

0.32[0.15 - 0.85] b

0.48[0.26 - 1.20] ab

LH (ng/mL)

6.60[5.20 - 10.04] a

3.03 [2.45 - 4.03] b

3.60[2.75 - 4.21] ab

FSH (ng/mL)

6.70[4.90 - 8.61] a

5.30 [4.04 - 8.41] a

7.10 [6.62 - 7.40] a

  1. Values expressed as median [Q1 - Q3]. a, b Different letters indicate groups that differ statistically (p < 0.05). Kruskal - Wallis test, with the post hoc Dunn test.