ISI Impact Factor (2004): 1.096

Editor-in-Chief
Prof. Yi-Fei WANG,

　

Parameter	Adrenalectomized Control	Adrenalectomy+ Hydrocortisone 1 mg	Adrenalectomy+ Hydrocortisone 2 mg	Adrenalectomy+ Hydrocortisone 4 mg
Post-treatment Day 2 (postoperative Day 9)
Cholesterol Protein Zinc Copper	9.1±0.7 97.7±8.2 93.8±7.5 0.407±0.008	18.4±0.6c 82.1±3.8 39.9±14.2c 1.067±0.031c	25.8±1.4c 24.9±0.7c 46.8±3.1c 1.369±0.068c	10.5±0.6 7.17±0.12c 39.5±1.0c 1.472±0.067c
Day 4
Cholesterol Protein Zinc Copper	11.94±1.06 56.06±5.45 93.3±0.9 0.408±0.013	17.87±0.28c 34.20±2.48c 88.5±4.0 1.281±0.007c	29.99±2.29c 22.60±0.27c 76.4±0.6c 1.952±0.012c	28.30±1.88c 2.30±1.21 56.2±1.2c 2.748±0.009c
Day 8
Cholesterol Protein Zinc Copper	9.23±0.21 97.61±1.80 93.1±2.1 0.487±0.004	10.77±0.30c 73.98±0.79 91.5±3.3 1.150±0.006c	21.85±1.01c 19.99±0.34c 26.3±1.0c 1.141±0.012c	13.82±2.05 10.11±0.40c 82.1±2.7b 1.696±0.033c
Day 12
Cholesterol Protein Zinc Copper	11.18±0.18 91.23±0.17 93.6±2.4 0.493±0.03	30.49±2.13c 26.70±0.28c 50.5±0.4c 0.735±0.002c	16.40±0.63c 24.73±0.52c 31.1±2.1c 1.598±0.036c	34.75±0.54c 67.53±1.46c 87.0±2.2 2.473±0.035c
Day 16
Cholesterol Protein Zinc Copper	36.32±1.39 27.16±0.33 75.07±5.06 0.492±0.023	38.62±4.47 24.85±0.46c 68.59±0.40 0.608±0.075	71.88±5.28c 16.40±2.20c 65.01±0.22 2.648±0.031c	37.41±0.21 26.86±7.06 55.44±0.53b 1.143±0.071c

^bP<0.05, ^cP<0.01, compared with control.
Units: Cholesterol and  protein (mg/g); Zinc and copper (μg/g).