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Table 6 Serum sexual hormone levels and parenchyma testosterone of rats fed SD or HFD during 15 weeks

From: Diet-induced obesity in rats leads to a decrease in sperm motility

 

SD

HFD

Serum testosterone (ng/mL)

1.93 ± 0.31

2.89 ± 0.55

Serum LH (ng/mL)

0.99 ± 0.27

0.91 ± 0.27

Serum FSH (ng/mL)

10.20 ± 0.71

11.97 ± 1.74

Estradiol (pg/mL)

8.69 ± 0.38

11.11 ± 0.91*

Parenchyma (ng/mg)

69.50 ± 7.72

70.56 ± 8.19

N

13

14

  1. Data expressed as means ± SEM. Mann-Whitney test. *p < 0.05
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Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology

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