Table 2.
Serum Reproductive Hormone Levels After Dietary Intervention.
Chow | HFD | HFD/Chow | HFD/Chow+DHA | HFD/HFD+DHA | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
AMH (ng/ml) |
104.39 ± 9.35 | 74.45 ± 6.99 | 75.76 ± 13.83 | 102.88 ± 5.83 | 87.96 ± 11.47 |
LH (ng/ml) |
0.32 ± 0.088 | 0.29 ± 0.056 | 0.20 ± 0.031 | 0.15 ± 0.017 | 0.25 ± 0.056 |
FSH (ng/ml) |
2.22 ± 0.38 | 1.66 ± 0.23 | 1.65 ± 0.25 | 1.69 ± 0.17 | 2.10 ± 0.44 |
LH:FSH ratio |
0.21 ± 0.092 | 0.18 ± 0.03 | 0.14 ± 0.028 | 0.095 ± 0.011 | 0.24 ± 0.12 |
Prolactin (ng/ml) |
73.89 ± 6.72 | 63.07 ± 5.64 | 53.75 ± 5.73 | 54.02 ± 6.63 | 53.62 ± 8.92 |
TSH (ng/ul) |
0.96 ± 0.25 | 0.54 ± 0.092 | 0.55 ± 0.18 | 0.40 ± 0.081 | 0.54 ± 0.086 |
Serum was collected after 20 weeks of dietary intervention and assessed for AMH, LH, FSH, prolactin, and TSH levels. Data are presented as mean ± SEM. Differences between groups were determined by a one-way ANOVA, as no significant ANOVA’s were found no post-hoc tests were conducted. AMH: Chow N = 9, HFD N = 10, HFD/Chow N = 9, HFD/Chow+DHA N = 9, HFD/HFD+DHA N = 9. LH, FSH, LH:FSH, prolactin, and TSH: Chow N = 8, HFD N = 7, HFD/Chow N = 7, HFD/Chow+DHA N = 7, and HFD/HFD+DHA N = 8.