Research Article

Differential Regulation of Morphology and Estrogen Receptor-Alpha Expression in the Vagina of Ovariectomized Adult Virgin Rats by Estrogen Replacement: A Histological Study

Table 1

Effects of estrogen on vaginal morphologic parameters (, two-tailed).

LocationShamOVXE1E2E3E4

Body weight gain (g)6.926<0.001
Length (cm)2.4110.048
Wet weight (g)9.124<0.001
Vaginal index (%)9.643<0.001

and ⁢ (one-way analysis of variance).