International Journal of Endocrinology

Research Article

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

Table 3

Correlations of testosterone level with some measured parameters in all studied groups.


Parameters	Sham	T-Sham	Orch	T-Orch

Ghrelin	0.268	0.663	−0.754	−0.028
Growth hormone	0.135	0.248	0.710	0.471
Insulin	0.766	0.644	0.356	0.467
Glucose	0.613	0.333	−0.275	0.732
Cholesterol	−0.186	0.362	0.114	−0.189
Triglycerides	0.700	0.266	0.211	0.077
HSL	−0.356	0.040	−0.462	0.166
ATGL	0.550	−0.164	0.811	−0.353
FFA	−0.360	0.715	0.152	0.422
VO₂	−0.193	0.150	−0.361	−0.548
VCO₂	−0.193	0.151	0.657	−0.759
RQ	−0.022	0.319	0.761	0.438
TEE	0.280	0.149	0.329	0.858
Food intake	−0.066	0.026	0.584	0.023
Body weight	0.355	−0.046	0.431	0.356

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); HSL = hormone-sensitive lipase; ATGL = adipocyte triglyceride lipase; FFA = free fatty acid; VO₂ = volume of O₂; VCO₂ = volume of CO₂; RQ = respiratory quotient; TEE = total energy expenditure. The correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed).