Table 2.

Plasma testosterone and progesterone concentrations

	Control	PNS	p
Total testosterone (ng/ml)	1.33 ± 0.19	2.04 ± 0.31*	0.036
Free testosterone (pg/ml)	6.63 ± 0.88	9.49 ± 1.79	0.092
Free testosterone (% total)	0.58 ± 0.07	0.50 ± 0.04	0.34
Progesterone (ng/ml)	44.9 ± 9.1	75.8 ± 7.4*	0.016

Plasma testosterone in control (n = 14) and PNS ( n = 16) male rats. Plasma progesterone in control (n = 8) and PNS (n = 23) female rats. Data are mean ± SEM.

* indicates a significant difference versus controls (Student's t test). p values are given in the table.