Table 3. Gonadotropic axis and homa-ir characteristics according to sex at 1 and 12 months after kidney Transplantation.

	Women (n=12)		Men (n=13)
	At 1 month after KT	At 12 months after KT	At 1 month after KT	At 12 months after KT
LH (mcIU/mL); M (IQR)	7.8 (4.7-18.6)	12.5 (5.9-20.3)	6.8 (4.7-10.8)	5.5 (4.3-12.5)
FSH (mcIU/mL); M (IQR)	4.4 (2.8-8.7)	5.5 (3.5-8.7)	4.6 (4.1-12.8)	5.6 (3.9-9.6)
Gonadal Steroids; M (IQR)
Estradiol (in women) (pg/mL)	60.2 (5-67)	60.4 (42-203)*	354 (266-503)	457 (394-568) *
Testosterone (in men) (ng/dL)
Prolactin (ng/mL); M (IQR)	17.9 (14.2-24.6)	19.3 (15.6-23)	18.6 (14.3-22.3)	17.7 (16.3-21.9)
Hypogonadism; % (n)	33 (4)	17 (2) *	38 (5)	0 *
Type of hypogonadism; % (n)
Hypogonadotropic hypogonadism	17 (2)	17 (2)	0	0
Hypergonadotropic hypogonadism	25 (3)	0	38.5 (5)	0
HOMA-IR; M (IQR)	1.97 (1.38-2.65)	2.02 (1.46-2.73)	2.80 (2.31-3.59	2.3 (1.74-3.01)
Insulin resistance; % (n)	42 (5)	33(4)	69(9)	38(5)

^*p<0.05; SD: standard deviation, M: median; IQR: interquartile range; KT: kidney transplantation.