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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2006 Mar 28.
Published in final edited form as: Nutr Cancer. 2005;52(1):22–28. doi: 10.1207/s15327914nc5201_3

Table 3.

Mean Hormone Excretion by Menarcheal Statusa

Hormone (μg/mg creatinine) No Menarche Menarche P Valueb
Subjects (N) 13 4
Total androgens 0.87 ± 0.68 1.83 ± 0.95  0.14
 Androsterone 0.81 ± 0.65 1.77 ± 0.97   0.036
 17(β-Dihydroandrosterone 0.02 ± 0.01  0.02 ± 0.005  0.85
 Dehydroepiandrosterone 0.034 ± 0.032 0.037 ± 0.028  0.86
 Androstenedione 0.002 ± 0.006 ND   NA
 Testosterone 0.003 ± 0.004 ND   NA
Total estrogens 0.007 ± 0.01  0.018 ± 0.017  0.57
 Estrone 0.001 ± 0.003 0.004 ± 0.003  0.14
 Estradiol 0.0008 ± 00013  ND  0.24
 Estriol 0.0018 ± 0.0024 0.0029 ± 0.0013  0.41
 2-OH Estrone 0.001 ± 0.001 0.002 ± 0.001  0.20
 16(α-OH Estrone 0.002 ± 0.007 0.009 ± 0.017  0.52
 4-OH Estrone 0.0002 ± 0.0003 0.0002 ± 0.0002  0.93
Pregnanediol 0.17 ± 0.10 0.29 ± 0.25  0.16
a

Abbreviations are as follows: ND, nondetectable; NA, not applicable.

b

Two-sample t-test. Bold signifies statistical significance.