Estrogen restores disordered lipid metabolism in visceral fat of prediabetic mice

Figure 1 Estrogen mitigates 20% lard-enriched high-fat diet-induced visceral adiposity. A: Body weight; B: Growth rate of body weight; C: Fat weight; D: Ratio of peri-gonadal/subcutaneous fat weight. ^aP < 0.05, ^bP < 0.01, ^cP < 0.001. n = 7-8. ND: Normal chow diet; HFD: High-fat diet; OVX: Ovariectomy; E2: 17β-estradiol; NS: Not significant.