Estrogen restores disordered lipid metabolism in visceral fat of prediabetic mice

Figure 4 Estrogen protects mice from more calorie-dense high-fat diet-induced adiposity. A: Body weight; B: Peri-gonadal fat weight; C: Subcutaneous fat weight; D: Fat mass; E: Lean mass; F: Body fluid. ^aP < 0.05, ^bP < 0.01. n = 5-6. HFD: High-fat diet; OVX: Ovariectomy; E2: 17β-estradiol; NS: Not significant.