Association between body condition score, testicular haemodynamics and echogenicity, nitric oxide levels, and total antioxidant capacity in rams

Table 1 Mean values of the supra-testicular arteries’ Doppler indices, testicular parenchyma echogenicity, and sera concentrations of total antioxidant capacity (TAC) and nitric oxide (NO) in lower BCS (2–2.5), medium BCS (3–3.5) and higher BCS (4–4.5) rams

Parameters	Lower BCS group (n=5)	Medium BCS group (n=5)	Higher BCS group (n=5)
PSV (cm/s)	30.46 ± 1.99	29.21 ± 2.98	29.53 ± 1.23
EDV (cm/s)	17.06 ± 1.03^a	12.58 ± 0.67^b	12.51 ± 0.61^b
TAMAX (cm/s)	22.71 ± 1.44	20.04 ± 1.69	19.77± 0.86
Resistive index	0.43 ± 0.03^a	0.53± 0.03^b	0.57± 0.05^b
Pulsatility index	0.57 ± 0.04^a	0.77 ±0.03^b	0.86 ±0.03^b
TE (pixels)	80.41 ± 4.82	74.51 ± 4.48	69.60 ± 5.09
PH	11.46 ± 0.39	10.33 ± 0.53	9.65 ± 0.61
TAC (mM/L)	0.90 ± 0.05 ^a	0.58 ± 0.05^b	0.45 ± 0.03^b
NO (μM/L)	62.06 ± 2.72^a	47.89 ± 1.49^b	49.9 ± 3.63^b

PSV peak systolic velocity, EDV end-diastolic velocity, TAMAX time average maximum velocity, TE testicular echotexture, PH pixel heterogeneity. Pulsatility index = PSV-EDV/mean velocity; resistive index = PSV-EDV/PSV. Data are presented as means ± SEM, with different superscripts ^(a-b) indicating significant differences at P < 0.05

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