Body weight.

<p>The body weights of each group are shown on line graphs for each week. Values are expressed as mean ±SD, n = 15, in Control SHAM, PM SHAM and PM OVX+17β-estradiol groups (before treatment with 17β-estradiol) and 14 in the PM OVX group, ANOVA, Tukey-Kramer ^*p<0.05, ^**p<0.01 (in black): Control SHAM versus PM SHAM, ^*p<0.05, ^**p<0.01 (in red): Control SHAM versus PM OVX, ^†p<0.1, ^*p<0.05, ^**p<0.01 (in green): Control SHAM versus PM OVX+17β-estradiol, ^¶¶p<0.01 (in red): PM OVX versus PM SHAM and ^¶p<0.05 (in green): PM OVX+17β-estradiol versus PM SHAM.