Table 1. Leptin and OB3 affect the circulating levels of hormones.

		Control	OB3 (1 mg/kg)	Leptin (1 μg/kg)
FSH (ng/ml)	0 hr	109.31 ± 3.07	82.71 ± 3.64	93.87 ± 5.69
	2 hrs	113.06 ± 3.07	87.3 ± 2.73	99.19 ± 19.4
	48 hrs	120.10 ± 1.93	116.44 ± 1.36**	147.56 ± 20.2***
LH (ng/ml)	0 hr	4.44 ± 0.45	4.48 ± 0.63	5.76 ± 0.18
	2 hrs	6.25 ± 0.12	6.1 ± 0.14	4.3 ± 0.29***
	48 hrs	4.36 ± 0.08	4.5 ± 0.12	4.17 ± 1.07**
TSH (pg/ml)	0 hr	113.52 ± 16.8	119.5 ± 30.9	118.4 ± 2.59
	2 hrs	105.3 ± 14.4	95.82 ± 39.8	119.9 ± 7.58
	48 hrs	115.1 ± 15.1	92.7 ± 6.27	128.7 ± 3.74*

(Mean ± SD, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001, were compared with 0 hr).