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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Androl. 2008 Dec 4;30(3):287–297. doi: 10.2164/jandrol.108.006403

Table 2.

Distribution of reproductive hormones in serum (N = 425).

Hormone Geometric Mean Selected Percentiles

5th 10th 25th 50th 75th 90th 95th
FSH (IU/L) 8.03 3.67 4.33 5.67 7.51 10.5 15.7 22.7
LH (IU/L) 10.1 4.90 5.76 7.34 9.90 13.6 17.2 20.4
Inhibin B (pg/mL) 166a 61.6 81.6 118 160 198 262 283
Testosterone (ng/dL) 420a 223 254 324 408 492 609 665
T:LH ratio 39.4 17.0 22.0 30.5 40.9 54.5 70.0 78.8
SHBG (nmol/mL) 25.8 12.5 15.3 10.1 26.0 33.7 44.0 49.3
Free Androgen Index 0.53 0.32 0.35 0.43 0.52 0.67 0.84 0.95
Estradiol (pg/mL) 29.2a <10 <10 23.0 30.0 36.0 45.0 49.0
Prolactin (ng/mL) 11.6 5.67 6.53 8.30 11.5 15.8 21.4 25.6
a

Arithmetic mean