Fig. 2

End-point dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) measurements show that endurance exercise improves body composition through reduced adiposity, while sex differentially affects post-exercise DXA lean mass, total mass, and bone mineral content. Panels include a fat body mass (FBM), b fat body mass percent (FBM%), c lean body mass (LMB), d lean body mass percent (LBM%), e bone mineral content (BMC), f bone mineral density (BMD), g total body mass (TBM) of N = 94 Sprague Dawley rats after 9 weeks of aerobic training. Global androgenic activity control (h) seminal vesicle mass (SVM) measured at end-point collection in all males. Data from indicated groups: males (yellow), females (green), sedentary (grey), aerobic exercise (red), wild-type (wt) (blank fill), and HSAAR transgenic (Tg) (hatch fill). Data are presented as means ± s.e.m and analyzed using three-way LMER ANOVA with post hoc Bonferroni-corrected t-tests for multiple comparisons for (a–g), and two-way ANOVA with post hoc Tukey HSD for (h). a–g n = 7 per female–genotype–exercise groups, n = 11–12 per male–genotype–exercise groups. h n = 11 per genotype–exercise group