Ovarian Aging-Like Phenotype in the Hyperandrogenism-Induced Murine Model of Polycystic Ovary

Table 2

Comparison of mean number of atretic and cystic primordial, growing, and graafian follicles and corpus luteum in PCO and control groups.

	Control	PCO
Mean number of atretic primordial follicles	35.81±1.34	52.27±1.01^∗∗∗
Mean number of atretic growing follicles	52.45±0.57	81.18±0.91^∗∗∗
Mean number of atretic graafian follicles	8.72±0.33	27.36±0.38^∗∗∗
Mean number of cystic primordial follicles	0	0
Mean number of cystic growing follicles	0.18±0.12	7.72±0.38^∗∗∗
Mean number of cystic graafian follicles	0.82±0.18	10.9±0.56^∗∗∗
Mean number of corpus luteum (CL)	5.27±0.19	0.36±0.15^∗∗∗

∗represents a significant difference between control and PCO group.
The symbols represent statistical significance: *𝑃<0.05, **𝑃<0.01, and ***𝑃<0.001.