Table 2.

Tendon pathological scores

	Mean control (SD)	Mean DHEA (SD)	p-value *
Fiber structure	0.89 (0.60)	0.74 (0.57)	0.21
Fiber arrangement	0.91 (0.54)	0.83 (0.60)	0.47
Nuclear morphological changes (rounding)	0.67 (0.59)	0.52 (0.50)	0.19
Regional variations in cellularity	0.45 (0.49)	0.39 (0.49)	0.53

* Student’s t-test

n = 9 rats in the control group, n = 9 rats in the DHEA group