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Table 2. Demographic, anthropometric, and biochemical characteristics of patients according to treatment groups.

Age (Years) ^*	26.88 ± 6.75	29.95 ± 10.03	0.296 ^a
BMI (kg/m²) ^*	25.53 ± 2.62	25.58 ±2.83	0.953 ^a
Hematocrit (%) ^*	45.40 ± 3.14	42.91 ± 3.35	0.029 ^a
Total cholesterol (mg/dL)	167.9 ± 27.6	152.1 ± 26.8	0.103 ^a
HDL-cholesterol (mg/dL)	49.8 ± 10.3	42.8 ± 13.4	0.254 ^a
LDL-cholesterol (mg/dL)	93.3 ± 21.3	88.7 ± 22.3	0.328 ^a
Triglyceride (mg/dL)	121.6 ± 67.8	100.2 ± 54.3	0.356 ^a
FSH (mIU/mL) ^†	1.3 [2.0]	2.4 [8.8]	0.030 ^b
LH (mIU/mL) ^†	0.6 [1.6]	1.8 [6.8]	0.129 ^b
ACTH (pg/mL) ^*	28.90 ± 17.81	23.22 ± 10.49	0.246 ^a
Cortisol (μg/dL) ^†	13.8 [7.7]	10.6 [9.0]	0.076 ^b
TSH (μIU/mL) ^†	1.8 [1.1]	1.6 [1.4]	0.186 ^b
Prolactin (ng/mL) ^*	9.10 ± 4.18	10.34 ± 6.51	0.508 ^a
Mean left testicular volume (mL) ^†	1.1 [6.3]	1.6 [1.9]	0.510 ^b
Mean right testicular volume (mL) ^†	1.0 [5.8]	1.6 [2.5]	0.415 ^b
Total testosterone (ng/mL) ^†	36 [31]	60 [86]	0.112 ^b
Estradiol (pg/mL) ^*	20.6 ± 2.5	29.9 ± 2.2	0.251 ^a

hCG: human chorionic gonadotropin; T level: total testosterone level; BMI: body mass index; FSH: follicle-stimulating hormone; LH: luteinizing hormone; ACTH: adrenocorticotropic hormone; TSH: thyroid-stimulating hormone.

Independent sample t-test.

Mann-Whitney test.

Data are presented as mean ± Standard deviation (SD).

^†

Data are presented as median (interquartile range [IQR]).