Metabolic Effects of Testosterone Hormone Therapy in Normal and Orchiectomized Male Rats: From Indirect Calorimetry to Lipolytic Enzymes

Table 2

Mean ± SD of indirect calorimetry parameters of all studied groups (n = 8/group).

Parameters	Sham	T-Sham	Orch	T-Orch
VO2 (ml/h/kg)	1182 ± 61	1509 ± 113	1397 ± 61	1699 ± 94
		^a	^a	^a
				^b
VO2 (ml/h/rat)	456 ± 23	598 ± 44	441 ± 19	566 ± 31
		^a	^a	^a
				^b
VCO2 (ml/h/kg)	999 ± 50	1364 ± 116	1264 ± 60	1535 ± 55
		^a	^a	^a
				^b
VCO2 (ml/h/rat)	385 ± 19	541 ± 46	399 ± 19	511 ± 18
		^a	^a	^a
				^b
RQ	0.84 ± 0.01	0.90 ± 0.01	0.91 ± 0.06	0.91 ± 0.01
		^a	^a	^a
				^b
TEE (kcal/h/kg)	5.93 ± 0.18	7.62 ± 0.76	6.90 ± 0.10	8.11 ± 0.01
		^a	^a	^a
				^b
TEE (kcal/h/rat)	2.10 ± 0.35	2.28 ± 0.23	2.07 ± 0.03	2.44 ± 0.01
		^a	^a	^a
				^b
Food intake (g/rat)	38.79 ± 9.59	39.25 ± 3.65	12.98 ± 3.35	41.15 ± 14.91
		^a	^a	^a
				^b
Body weight (g)	385.50 ± 26.80	396.45 ± 43.10	315.83 ± 47.43	332.83 ± 49.49
		^a	^a	^a
				^b

Sham = normal control; T-Sham = normal rats treated with IM testosterone undecanoate preparation (100 mg/kg); Orch = orchiectomized rats; T-Orch = orchiectomized rats treated with IM testosterone undecanoate preparation (100 mg/kg); VO₂ = volume of consumed oxygen; VCO₂ = volume of the produced carbon dioxide; RQ = respiratory quotient (VCO₂/VO₂); TEE = total energy expenditure. Significant versus Sham group. Significant versus Orch group.