Table 2.

Hormones, serum, and hepatic content of total lipids parameters of control and HMβ groups.

Variables	Control (n = 7) ME ± SEM	HMβ (n = 7) ME ± SEM	P Value
Glucose (mg/dL)	148.9 ± 4.15	139.8 ± 2.36	0.047*
Insulin (ng/mL)	1.94 ± 0.85	4.75 ± 0.27	0.004*
Testosterone (ng/mL)	6.81 ± 0.38	7.14 ± 0.99	0.380
Corticosterone (ng/mL)	72.75 ± 5.15	37.32 ± 13.00	0.044*
Testosterone/corticosterone ratio	0.093 ± 0.014	0.154 ± 0.065	0.045*
Cholesterol (mg/dL)	177.3 ± 27.37	142.0 ± 13.69	0.166
Triacylglycerols (mg/dL)	169.0 ± 17.36	158.9 ± 8.24	0.327
HDL-c (mg/dL)	35.15 ± 6.18	45.22 ± 5.53	0.253
LDL-c (mg/dL)	152.00 ± 18.30	136.8 ± 12.48	0.265
VLDL (mg/dL)	33.80 ± 3.47	31.79 ± 1.64	0.327
Liver lipid (mg/dL 100 mg tissue)	72.56 ± 2.58	77.90 ± 3.80	0.578
TG/HDL-c ratio	5.64 ± 1.28	4.43 ± 0.12	0.209

HDL-c: high-density lipoprotein, LDL-c: low-density lipoprotein, VLDL-c: very-low-density lipoprotein, TG/HDL ratio: triacylglycerols/high-density lipoprotein ratio.

*p < 0.05 vs. Control group.