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Table 1

Characteristics of C57BL/6 mice used in the study

	Male	Female	Sham	OVX
n	33	34	24	22
Body mass, g	26.3 ± 0.46	19.9 ± 0.41†	20.5 ± 0.39	22.1 ± 0.37‡
Uterine mass, mg	NM	NM	103 ± 12.7	18 ± 2.7†
Plasma 17β-estradiol, pg/mL*	NM	NM	95.2 ± 18.64	50.7 ± 5.50§

	Male	Female	Sham	OVX
n	33	34	24	22
Body mass, g	26.3 ± 0.46	19.9 ± 0.41†	20.5 ± 0.39	22.1 ± 0.37‡
Uterine mass, mg	NM	NM	103 ± 12.7	18 ± 2.7†
Plasma 17β-estradiol, pg/mL*	NM	NM	95.2 ± 18.64	50.7 ± 5.50§

NM indicates parameters that were not measured.

Plasma 17β-estradiol was measured by enzyme immunoassay.

P < .001;

P < .01; and

P < .05 compared with males or Sham females by unpaired Student t test.