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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2008 Jun 23.
Published in final edited form as: Nutr Cancer. 2007;59(2):163–168. doi: 10.1080/01635580701432678

Table 3.

Change in Serum Steroid Hormone and SHBG Concentrations From Baseline to Postintervention by Groupa

Treatment Group (N = 22)
 Placebo Group (N = 27)
Value: Mean (SD) Baseline Last Week Pb Baseline Last Week Pb P Valuec
Total estradiol (pmol/L) 33.14 (14.77) 31.72 (15.93) 0.73 32.19 (13.38) 29.74 (14.11) 0.43 0.37
SHBG (nmol/L) 45.81 (16.99) 45.14 (17.04) 0.6 38.37 (14.71) 37.63 (13.00) 0.51 0.97
Free testosterone (pg/ml) 11.26 (4.87) 10.00 (3.18) 0.15 9.38 (2.28) 8.98 (2.91) 0.4 0.37
a

Abbreviation is as follows: SHBG, sex hormone binding globulin.

b

P, paired t-test comparing mean at baseline with at week 12 by group.

c

P, 2-sided P values calculated for testing the difference in changes between treatment groupand the placebo group by pooled t-test or by Satterthwaite t-test if equal variance does not meet.