Table 5.

Mean concentrations (nmol/L) with 2.5 and 97.5 percentiles for androgens, SHBG, and 17-OHP in males and females. For progesterone in premenopausal females (which was not normally distributed) median, minimum and maximum concentrations (nmol/L) are shown. For estradiol in all groups, and for progesterone in males and postmenopausal females, the method has insufficient sensitivity. Therefore, only the maximum value observed is listed.

	Males					Females
	30–39 years (n = 34)	40–49 years (n = 60)	50–59 years (n = 53)	60–90 years (n = 143)	Males (n = 290)	Premenopausal (n = 80)	Postmenopausal (n = 149)
DHEAS	5745 (2782–11864)	5108 (1230–8987)	3942 (986–8867)	1831 (502–6678)		3468 (1023–7362)	1340 (277–6488)
DHEA	18.39 (6.53–51.78)	13.35 (5.95–29.98)	10.58 (4.51–24.83)	5.40 (0.85–13.86)		13.61 (6.37–29.10)	5.53 (1.14–26.86)
Androstenedione	3.63 (1.67–7.86)	3.49 (1.80–6.79)	3.48 (1.90–6.37)	2.01 (0.93–4.38)		3.69 (1.81–7.54)	1.59 (0.62–4.06)
17-OHP	3.13 (1.02–5.24)	2.92 (1.37–6.23)	2.23 (0.86–5.80)	2.14 (0.56–4.76)		1.58 (0.29–8.73)	0.54 (0.13–2.16)
Testosterone	17.44 (9.02–33.70)	16.40 (8.95–30.06)	13.97 (6.34–30.76)	16.64 (8.18–28.07)		0.81 (0.37–1.79)	0.75 (0.25–2.23)
SHBG	43.69 (8.13–79.25)	41.18 (18.38–92.23)	48.66 (14.56–102.71)	60.82 (29.38–125.90)		73.13 (32.94–162.36)	75.22 (32.00–176.78)
FAI	46.20 (18.31–74.08)	39.83 (19.59–80.99)	30.34 (14.69–62.65)	27.29 (13.27–46.32)		1.11 (0.40–3.08)	1.00 (0.27–3.74)
Estradiol					<0.23	<3.64	<0.48
Progesterone					<0.56	11.912 (0.071–72.1)	<0.36

For progesterone in premenopausal females, median and minimum–maximum values (nmol/L) are given.

17-OHP, 17-hydroxyprogesterone; DHEA, dehydroepiandrosterone; DHEAS, dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate; FAI, free androgen index (given without unit).