Table 1.

Steroid studies: Blood values at M0, M6, and M12

Group	n	DHEAS, μmol/liter			Testo, nmol/liter			ADG, nmol/liter			E2, pmol/liter
		M0	M6	M12	M0	M6	M12	M0	M6	M12	M0	M6	M12
Men <70
DHEA	36	2.90  ± 0.19	10.4  ± 0.92**††	7.22  ± 0.65**††	18.4  ± 1.1	20.9  ± 1.11	18.1  ± 0.91	14.3  ± 1.03	29.0  ± 2.42**†	23.4  ± 2.98**†	71  ± 2.7	78  ± 3.2	81  ± 2.4*
Placebo	31	2.65  ± 0.16	1.81  ± 0.19	2.66  ± 0.19	20.0  ± 1.15	18.7  ± 1.09	8.2  ± 0.96	15.2  ± 1.50	15.6  ± 1.67	16.2  ± 1.76	73  ± 3.8	73  ± 4.0	76  ± 3.7
Men >70
DHEA	30	2.44  ± 0.22	10.3  ± 1.06**††	8.98  ± 0.87**††	19.3  ± 1.12	20.6  ± 0.96	20.7  ± 1.17	13.7  ± 1.28	33.5  ± 3.06**†	35.3  ± 3.61**†	74  ± 3.4	76  ± 3.4	81  ± 4.4*
Placebo	36	2.14  ± 0.13	1.44  ± 0.16	2.00  ± 0.19	19.3  ± 1.48	20.1  ± 1.76	18.6  ± 1.81	14.0  ± 1.29	15.9  ± 1.88	15.1  ± 1.48	74  ± 3.0	79  ± 3.3	80  ± 3.4
Women  <70
DHEA	35	2.01  ± 0.16	8.03  ± 0.71**††	5.24  ± 0.43**†	1.30  ± 0.1	2.3  ± 0.1*†	1.60  ± 0.1	4.5  ± 0.5	29.5  ± 3.6**††	20.5  ± 2.5**††	28  ± 1.8	39  ± 1.6**†	37  ± 1.6**†
Placebo	35	2.19  ± 0.19	1.54  ± 0.16	2.11  ± 0.24	1.16  ± 0.08	1.3  ± 0.09	1.23  ± 0.08	3.9  ± 0.43	3.90  ± 0.36	4.2  ± 0.42	27  ± 1.3	29  ± 1.6	27  ± 1.9
Women  >70
DHEA	31	1.66  ± 0.11	9.77  ± 1.09**††	7.19  ± 0.57**††	1.09  ± 0.09	2.35  ± 0.15*†	1.92  ± 0.13*†	3.3  ± 0.3	27.8  ± 2.0**††	26.4  ± 2.5**††	25  ± 1.2	37  ± 1.8**†	35  ± 2.0**†
Placebo	34	1.81  ± 0.19	1.19  ± 0.13	1.57  ± 0.19	1.17  ± 0.11	1.31  ± 0.14	1.25  ± 0.12	3.8  ± 0.42	3.90  ± 0.47	3.90  ± 0.39	26  ± 1.4	26  ± 1.04	27  ± 1.7

*, P < 0.05; **, P < 0.01 vs. M0 of the same group. †, P < 0.05; ††, P < 0.01 vs. placebo group of same age and gender.