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. 2015 Nov 23;2016:5719291. doi: 10.1155/2016/5719291

Table 1.

Body weight gain, individual uterus, and visceral adipose tissue weight (g) in relation to respective animal body weight (g).

Sham OVX Curcumin (mg/Kg/day)
OVX 50 OVX 100
Weight gain (g) 22.62 ± 2.618 61.818 ± 3.60d 59 ± 3.37c 61.625 ± 2.77d
Uterus (g)/body mass (g) ratio 1 ± 0.07 0.17 ± 0.01d 0.18 ± 0.01d 0.19 ± 0.02d
Visceral adipose tissue (g)/body mass (g) ratio 1 ± 0.05 1.41 ± 0.1c 0.99 ± 0.04# 1.08 ± 0.09

Fresh uterine and visceral adipose tissues weight from Sham and OVX rats. Data are shown as mean ± SEM (sham n = 8, OVX n = 11, OVX50 n = 8, and OVX100 n = 8).

c P < 0.01: different from sham group; d P < 0.001: different from sham group; P < 0.05: different from OVX group; # P < 0.01: different from OVX group (one-way ANOVA followed by Tukey's test).

OVX: ovariectomized.