Effect of Sex and Prior Exposure to a Cafeteria Diet on the Distribution of Sex Hormones between Plasma and Blood Cells
Figure 2
Blood compartment distribution of sex hormones in rats, effect of sex and previous exposure to a cafeteria diet.
Experimental groups: FC = female control; FK = female cafeteria; MC = male control; MK = male cafeteria. Statistical differences between groups (2-way ANOVA). The effects of “sex” and “diet” were statistically significant (p<0.05) for all hormones and blood compartments except: estrone (sex and diet in protein-bound hormone), estradiol (diet in cell-bound and protein-labile bound hormone), DHEA (diet in cell-bound, protein-bound and free hormone).