Transient Decrease in Circulatory Testosterone and Homocysteine Precedes the Development of Metabolic Syndrome Features in Fructose-Fed Sprague Dawley Rats

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(a) Plasma total testosterone levels. (b) Homocysteine levels after 4, 12, and 24 weeks of control and fructose diets feeding in Sprague Dawley rats. Values are in mean ± SE. at by Student’s -test. Statistical significance of diet, time, and diet time on individual parameters is also analyzed by two-way ANOVA. “S” indicates “significant” (); “NS” indicates “not significant.”

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