Table 6.

Serum Hormone Levels

	300 mg					600 mg
Week	0	1	3	8	11	0	1	3	8	11
TT (ng/ml)	4.7 ± 2.1	6.2 ± 1.4	5.6 ± 2.0	5.8 ± 2.1	5.0 ± 1.0	3.9 ± 1.2	5.6 ± 1.5	5.8 ± 1.3	5.4 ± 1.9	6.29 ± 5.0
‡ FT (pg/ml)	17.2 ± 8.8	37.1 ± 33.03*	30.13 ± 17.3*	30.5 ± 16.9*	18.2 ± 10.6	22.7 ± 13.0	39.2 ± 13.2*	45.1 ± 27.0*	40.6 ± 36.1*	22.4 ± 9.8
‡ DHT (ng/mL)	0.9 ± 0.4	3.1 ± 1.8*	2.8 ± 1.4*	2.4 ± 1.3*	1.0 ± 0.3	0.9 ± 0.2	3.0 ± 1.3*	4.4 ± 3.8*	2.8 ± 1.7*	1.7 ± 1.2
Estradiol (ng/mL)	89.6 ± 86.2	112.3 ± 124.2	121.2 ± 125.6	107.1 ± 106.6	101.8 ± 103.8	69.1 ± 23.6	71.4 ± 35.9	85.5 ± 49.4	75.8 ± 47.9	78.3 ± 54.5
‡ Estriol (pg/ml)	0.04 ± 0.03	0.04 ± 0.04	0.05 ± 0.07	0.05 ± 0.06	0.06 ± 0.05	0.03 ± 0.04	0.04 ± 0.05	0.04 ± 0.03	0.05 ± 0.03	0.04 ± 0.02
‡ T/E	0.2 ± 0.1	0.3 ± 0.3*	0.3 ± 0.1*	0.3 ± 0.2*	0.2 ± 0.1	0.3 ± 0.2	0.6 ± 0.4*	0.5 ± 0.1*	0.5 ± 0.5*	0.3 ± 0.2
Estrone (pg/ml)	334.1 ± 89.5	428.8 ± 122.*	400.9 ± 135.4*	397.2 ± 166.0*	323.5 ± 89.3	268.8 ± 43.7	425.3 ± 137.0*	431.7 ± 141.6*	365.6 ± 92.0*	308.8 ± 101.6
† SHBG (nmol/L)	128.9 ± 36.6	135.7 ± 33.5	127.4 ± 37.3	137.0 ± 42.5	132.5 ± 43.5	130.6 ± 26.6*	119.5 ± 32.6*	106.9 ± 17.6*	101.4 ± 29.5*	112.9 ± 35.8*
†LH (mIU/ml)	6.6 ± 4.2	8.9 ± 5.6	6.0 ± 3.2	6.3 ± 3.0	5.4 ± 2.4	3.2 ± 1.8*	4.5 ± 2.1*	4.3 ± 1.9*	4.1 ± 2.6*	3.9 ± 2.6*
† FSH (mIU/ml)	0.03 ± 0.04	0.04 ± 0.06	0.03 ± 0.03	0.06 ± 0.06	0.03 ± 0.05	0.1 ± 0.2*	0.09 ± 0.3*	0.03 ± 0.07*	0.08 ± 0.2*	0.2 ± 0.4*
Cortisol (μg/dl)	23.0 ± 7.1	24.3 ± 7.3	23.6 ± 4.1	19.5 ± 8.9	22.4 ± 5.0	24.5 ± 6.5	25.4 ± 4.1	25.5 ± 3.6	26.3 ± 8.1	24.9 ± 4.9
GH (pg/ml)	46.9 ± 9.7	59.7 ± 150.7	62.4 ± 44.1	82.2 ± 64.2	107.6 ± 284.4	56.8 ± 114.1	49.7 ± 72.1	119.4 ± 306.2	63.4 ± 43.7	165.8 ± 254.1

† Significant main effect for Group (p < 0.05). ‡ Significant main effect for Test (p < 0.05). * Significantly different from baseline (Week 0) (p < 0.05).