Fig. 2.

Comparasion of body weight and serum cholesterol level of gonadectomized C57BL/6 male mice in hyperthyroidism, hypothyroidism, and euthyroidism groups

(a) Growth curves of average body weight of C57BL/6 mice feeding the lithogenic diet for 5 weeks. (b, c) Comparison of weight growth-rate of gonadectomized C57BL/6 male mice in hyperthyroidism, hypothyroidism, and euthyroidism groups, from the 8th to 14th days and from the 25th to 30th days after feeding the lithogenic diet, respectively. (d, e) Comparison of body weight and serum cholesterol level of gonadectomized C57BL/6 male mice fed the lithogenic diet for 35 d. All data are expressed as mean±SD (n=6 animals in each group). ^* P<0.05 and ^** P<0.01, when compared with the euthyroidism group; ^# P<0.05, when compared with the hyperthyroidism group