Table 5.

Mean (SD) βLH and βFSH concentrations across specimens (n = 8) over 64 weeks of storage.

	β LH (pmol/L)			β FSH (pmol/L)
week	refrigerator	heat-refrigerator	freezer	refrigerator	freezer
0	Baseline: 26.8 (25.2)			Baseline: 87.2 (91.0)
1	30.1 (26.7)	33.0 (31.2)	28.5 (25.7)	111.2 (112.6)	76.3 (64.3)
2	27.4 (24.9)	32.4 (30.3)	29.7 (27.3)	123.6 (104.4)	115.8 (106.5)
4	35.9 (33.7)	37.8 (36.8)	30.0 (27.9)	102.4 (98.8)	89.7 (79.4)
8	34.7 (34.3)	43.8 (42.1)	25.2 (19.8)	72.7 (72.9)	60.5 (68.4)
16	-	-	-	87.0 (75.9)	73.1 (63.7)
32	53.7 (50.9)	45.2 (44.6)	43.7 (43.5)	134.2 (131.4)	88.2 (72.3)
64	25.6 (26.5)	30.2 (31.1)	30.1 (30.0)	59.5 (63.0)	54.2 (55.9)