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. 2020 Nov 12;7:595856. doi: 10.3389/fvets.2020.595856

Table 5.

Serum testosterone concentration (Mean ± SEM, ng/mL) and magnitude of response (expressed as a ratio between serum testosterone 2 h (T2) after treatment and basal testosterone T0) to hCG administration.

Age N Testosterone T0 Testosterone T2 T2/T0 ratio
6–8 13 0.11 ± 0.02a,1 0.32 ± 0.09a,2 2.71 ± 0.43a
9–11 6 0.09 ± 0a,1 0.85 ± 0.47a,1 9.41 ± 5.41a
13–14 10 0.92 ± 0.24b,1 3.28 ± 0.93b,2 5.8 ± 1.55a
15–16 13 0.85 ± 0.23b,1 1.94 ± 0.37b,2 1.12 ± 1.23a
17–20 6 1.22 ± 0.24b,1 4.30 ± 1.74b,2 4.72 ± 2.89a
22–30 5 1.85 ± 0.68b,1 4.60 ± 0.48c,2 4.40 ± 1.51a
>36 7 3.62 ± 1.15b,1 7.56 ± 0.96d,2 3.05 ± 0.8a
a,b,c

Values with different subscripts within the same column are statistically different (p < 0.05).

1,2

Values with different subscripts within the same column are statistically different (p < 0.05).