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Table 1 Serum levels of testosterone, estrogen, progesterone, FSH, and LH in rats

From: Does metformin improve in vitro maturation and ultrastructure of oocytes retrieved from estradiol valerate polycystic ovary syndrome-induced rats

a

Control

Sham

PCOS

(15 rats)

(15 rats)

(15 rats)

Testosterone (ng/mL)

0.180 ± 0.068

0.180 ± 0.057

0.130 ± 0.031a)

Estrogen (pg/mL)

11.120 ± 1.460

10.970 ± 0.470

11.570 ± 0.870

Progesterone (pg/mL)

50.990 ± 9.974

50.770 ± 6.678

56.700 ± 4.400a)

FSH (ng/mL)

3.140 ± 0.350

3.790 ± 0.310

3.230 ± 0.470

LH (ng/mL)

0.160 ± 0.010

0.200 ± 0.030

0.760 ± 0.050a)

  1. PCOS polycystic ovary syndrome
  2. a)Significant differences from the control and sham groups (p < 0.05)