Table 2. Effect of 17β-Estradiol Supplementation for 6 Weeks on General Characteristics of Mice after Surgery (Means ± SD)^a.

	sham	OVX	E2
initial body weight (g)	20.67 ± 0.58	20.02 ± 0.26	20.60 ± 0.32
after surgery body weight (g)	22.15 ± 0.81***	25.16 ± 0.77	24.56 ± 0.87
final body weight (g)	25.28 ± 0.16***	28.70 ± 1.48	27.44 ± 1.92
uterus weight (g)	0.18 ± 0.03****	0.03 ± 0.02	0.08 ± 0.01***
liver weight (g)	1.25 ± 0.08	1.24 ± 0.05	1.24 ± 0.08
SC-WAT (g)	0.27 ± 0.09****	0.76 ± 0.05	0.50 ± 0.14**
PM-WAT (g)	0.48 ± 0.07****	1.52 ± 0.24	0.84 ± 0.29**

^a**p < 0.01,^***p < 0.001, ^****p < 0.0001 OVX versus sham or E2. SC-WAT, subcutaneous white adipose tissue; PM-WAT, parametrial white adipose tissue; sham, sham-operated mice; OVX, ovariectomized mice; and E2, ovariectomized mice that received twice-weekly supplementation of 17β-estradiol.