Table 2.

Effect of gonadectomy in elevating serum BChE activity in normal and dystrophic mice.

	wt	mdx	p
No surgery	56.1–68.2 (8)	32.2–48.6 (5)	<0.002
Castrate	68.0–83.3 (6)	48.7–61.9 (4)	<0.002
Castrate + T	50.1–62.3 (6)	34.0–46.2 (5)	<0.001
Sham	51.6–57.8 (3)	40.8–44.8 (3)	<0.006

Activities relate to the same animals and assay conditions as for the data displayed in Figure 4.