Table 1. Comparison of C6 effect on hormonal profile parameters during the yearly reproductive cycle.
| LH (median and 95% CI) |
FSH (median and 95% CI) |
Progesterone (median and 95% CI) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Breeding season | Non-breeding season | Onset of the breeding season | Breeding season | Non-breeding season | Onset of the breeding season | Breeding season | Non-breeding season | Onset of the breeding season | |
| Peak onset | 1 (0.5–1 hour) |
0.5 (0.5–1 hour) |
1 (0.5–1.5 hours) |
2 (2.0–3.0 hours) |
2.25 (1.0–3.0 hours) |
2.25 (1.5–4.5 hours) |
4 (3–5 days) | 3 (2–4 days) | 3 (3–4 days) |
| Time of peak maximum | 3.7 (3.1–4.7 hours) | 5 (3.5–6.4 hours) | 6 (3.7–7.1 hours) | 4 (3.0–4.5 hours) |
5 (3.5–14.0 hours) |
5.75 (4.5–6.0 hours) |
_ | _ | _ |
| Peak duration | 10 (7–15 hours) |
13.5 (8.5–25.5 hours) |
20.5 (10–25 hours) |
6 (5.0–24.0 hours) |
9.75 (8.5–15.0 hours) |
8.5 (1.5–24.0 hours) |
_ | _ | _ |
| AUC | 159.1 (98.9–187.3 ng·h·mL-1) |
172.7 (103.4–297.7 ng·h·mL-1) | 312.1 (55.8–632 ng·h·mL-1) | 12.2 (7.7–17.6 ng·h·mL-1) |
13.6 (2.5–25.3 ng·h·mL-1) |
17.0 (5.0–30.4 ng·h·mL-1) |
_ | _ | _ |
| Maximal amplitude | 48.6 (23.4–60.4 ng·mL-1) | 25.8 (10.7–57.4 ng·mL-1)a | 59.6 (2.0–139.5 ng·mL-1)a | 2.9 (1.8–3.9 ng·mL-1) |
1.5 (0.5–3.8 ng·mL-1) |
2.4 (0.7–3.5 ng·mL-1) |
4.6* (0.25–12.7 ng·mL-1) |
5.2* (4.4–6.0 ng·mL-1) |
7.6* (4.1–11.0 ng·mL-1) |
*Amplitude on the last sampling day. Statistical analysis was performed by applying the permutation test.
a indicates a difference between onset of the breeding season and the non-breeding season (P<0.05).