Table 3.
Obesity parameter, adipokines, and serotonin levels according to sex (Mean ± SE)
| |
|
Males |
Females |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Intact |
Castrated |
Intact |
Spayed |
||
| (N = 4) | (N = 9) | (N = 13) | (N = 15) | ||
|
Lean group |
BCS |
4.25 ± 0.25 |
4.44 ± 0.17 |
4.0 ± 0 |
4.53 ± 0.13 |
| Leptin (ng/mL) |
5.06 ± 2.85 |
2.60 ± 0.48 |
1.59 ± 0.18 |
2.88 ± 0.68 |
|
| Adiponectin (μg/mL) |
10.53 ± 1.29 |
11.55 ± 2.20 |
14.31 ± 2.61 |
11.14 ± 1.42 |
|
| Serotonin (ng/mL) |
871.31 ± 61.31 |
736.0 ± 43.98 |
739.49 ± 15.69 |
832.21 ± 22.45 |
|
| Triglyceride (mg/dL) |
64.75 ± 18.32 |
42.0 ± 9.54 |
38.57 ± 7.08 |
51.21 ± 5.44 |
|
| Cholesterol (mg/dL) |
282.0 ± 38.02 |
218.33 ± 27.36 |
163.14 ± 18.02 |
204.57 ± 17.45 |
|
| |
|
Intact |
Castrated |
Intact |
Spayed |
|
(N = 1) |
(N = 18) |
(N = 10) |
(N = 12) |
||
| Obese group | BCS |
8 |
8.16 ± 0.14★★ |
8.10 ± 0.23★★ |
7.67 ± 0.22★★ |
| Leptin (ng/mL) |
11.6 |
11.66 ± 1.70★★ |
9.91 ± 3.20★★ |
8.39 ± 1.91★★ |
|
| Adiponectin (μg/mL) |
5.2 |
5.92 ± 1.07★ |
6.80 ± 1.38★★ |
6.29 ± 1.99★ |
|
| Serotonin (ng/mL) |
622.45 |
533.26 ± 58.89★★ |
682.14 ± 59.95 |
478.0 ± 74.06
*,★★ |
|
| Triglyceride (mg/dL) |
288 |
154.16 ± 35.13★ |
148.57 ± 45.48★ |
95.91 ± 14.08★ |
|
| Cholesterol (mg/dL) | 325 | 301.38 ± 23.22★ | 240.20 ± 24.14★ | 296.72 ± 49.91★ | |
* p < 0.05 between intact and spayed groups.
★p <0.05 between lean and obese groups.
★★p <0.01 between lean and obese groups.