Table 1.
Study time | Baseline | Day 7 | p | Day 14 | p | Day 21 | p | Day 28 | p | Day 35 | p |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | 18 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | |||||
Androstenedione, nmol/L | 7.1 [5.8, 8.8] | 7.8 [6.3, 10.6] | 0.048 | 7.5 [5.8, 9.4] | 0.48 | 7.1 [6.1, 9.9] | 0.71 | 7.1 [5.9, 9.9] | 0.91 | 7.6 [6.2, 9.6] | 0.35 |
Testosterone, nmol/L | 1.4 [1.2, 1.7] | 1.5 [1.3, 2.1] | 0.04 | 1.5 [1.2, 1.8] | 0.21 | 1.6 [1.2, 2.0] | 0.39 | 1.4 [1.2, 2.0] | 0.41 | 1.4 [1.1, 1.8] | 0.94 |
CRP, mg/dL | 3.3 [1.3, 5] | 0.7 [0.5, 1.2] | <0.001 | 1.2 [0.7, 6.1] | 0.13 | 1.1 [0.7, 2.4] | <0.01 | 1.1 [0.8, 1.3] | <0.001 | 3.1 [1.5, 4.5] | 0.66 |
Oestradiol, pmol/L | 191 [164, 225] | 209 [201, 245] | 0.01 | 208 [195, 301] | 0.01 | 214 [181, 305] | 0.01 | 204 [158, 225] | 0.13 | 194 [158, 225] | 0.10 |
Progesterone, nmol/L | 0.27 [0.18, 0.40] | 0.19 [0.12, 0.35] | 0.30 | 0.35 [0.20, 0.47] | 0.55 | 0.26 [0.18, 0.43] | 0.78 | 0.35 [0.16, 0.42] | 0.51 | 0.29 [0.20, 0.42] | 0.59 |
FSH, IU/L | 5.8 [4.8, 6.3] | 6.1 [4.7, 6.9] | 0.98 | 5.7 [5.0, 6.5] | 0.74 | 6.0 [2.9, 6.4] | 0.60 | 5.7 [4.6, 6.4] | 0.32 | 5.4 [4.5, 5.9] | 0.18 |
LH, IU/L | 13.8 [11.4, 18.5] | 14.1 [10.9, 18.0] | 0.85 | 15.6 [10.5, 20.6] | 0.52 | 14.1 [9.4, 16.8] | 0.44 | 11.8 [9.0, 18.7] | 0.62 | 12.3 [9.4, 18.5] | 0.94 |
AMH, pmol/L | 55.2 [49.5, 88.3] | 58.3 [49.5, 82.5] | 0.12 | 58.0 [46.3, 72.4] | 0.26 | 62.2 [46.7, 81.2] | 0.46 | 56.6 [44.9, 85.7] | 0.04 | 54.5 [39, 69.5] | 0.94 |
SHBG, nmol/L | 27.1 [17.0, 39.6] | 29.2 [16.3, 41.6] | 0.02 | 23.4 [16.5, 38.8] | 0.96 | 27.3 [16.2, 43.6] | 0.14 | 24.6 [15.7, 44.2] | 0.31 |
Serum androgens were measured with tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS). High-sensitivity CRP was measured with an immunoturbidimetric assay (Tina-quant C-Reactive Protein IV; Roche Diagnostics GmbH). AMH, estradiol, FSH, LH, and SHBG were measured with ECLIA (Elecsys AMH Plus, Elecsys Estradiol III, Elecsys FSH, Elecsys LH, and Elecsys SHBG, Roche Diagnostics GmbH).