Table 2.

Blood glucose (mg/dl) and serum hormones (ng/ml) in control (CTL) and dexamethasone-treated rats (DEX)

	CTL	DEX
Glucose	99.20 ± 2.50	118.70 ± 15.60*
Insulin	2.40 ± 0.27	15.30 ± 1.80*
Estradiol	40.21 ± 1.13	37.41 ± 0.78
Follicle stimulating hormone	6.86 ± 0.10	6.32 ± 0.04
Luteinizing hormone	0.38 ± 0.01	0.33 ± 0.009
Testosterone	145.00 ± 0.01	135.00 ± 0.09

Data are mean ± SEM.

^*Significantly different vs. control, P < 0.05, n = 10.