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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Br J Sports Med. 2009 Oct 23;45(9):735–742. doi: 10.1136/bjsm.2009.064931

Table 4.

Means and standard deviations comparing nadir, peak and mean hormone concentrations between females with 2 ovulatory cycles (OVUL, N=49), 1 ovulatory and 1 anovulatory cycle (OVUL/ANOV, N=8) and 2 Anovulatory cycles (ANOV, N=3).

OVUL (N=49) OVUL/ANOV (N=8) ANOV (N=3)
Mean (SD) OVUL Cycle Mean (SD) ANOV Cycle Mean (SD) Mean (SD)
Nadir and Peak Values
Nadir (M1-M6)
  Estradiol (pg/ml) 36.0 (12.7) 50.9 (60.2) 43.4 (11.1) 29.4 (18.9)
  Progesterone (ng/ml) 0.6 (0.3) 0.7 (0.4) 0.6 (0.2) 0.5 (0.2)
  Testosterone (ng/dL) 22.6 (10.9) 24.2 (11.9) 16.6 (10.3) 17.5 (18.2)
  SHBG (nmol/l) 59.5 (23.6 76.6 (33.0) 75.2 (26.5) 53.4 (12.2)
  FAI 1.3 (0.9) 1.0 (0.3) 0.8 (0.5) 1.0 (1.1)
Peak (L1-L8)
  Estradiol (pg/ml) 214.1 (83.1) 261.8 (181.0) 197.1 (137.9) 92.5 (18.2)
  Progesterone (ng/ml) 16.5 (6.7) 14.8 (7.4) 1.4 (0.5) 1.4 (0.9)
  Testosterone (ng/dL) 48.5 (16.7) 59.0 (22.0) 60.8 (33.8) 42.1 (17.1)
  SHBG (nmol/l) 77.7 (28.4) 105.3 (40.2) 98.0 (41.0) 61.8 (18.2)
  FAI 3.0 (1.7) 2.6 (1.0) 2.4 (0.8) 2.8 (1.2)
Mean Values
Menses (M1-M6)
  Estradiol (pg/ml) 55.0 (19.2) 64.5 (22.3) 62.3 (17.3) 39.8 (22.1)
  Progesterone (ng/ml) 0.8 (0.3) 0.9 (0.5) 0.8 (0.3) 0.7 (0.3)
  Testosterone (ng/dL) 31.3 (11.7) 35.0 (14.6) 26.7 (13.4) 26.1 (22.1)
  SHBG (nmol/l) 68.3 (25.9) 85.5 (35.4) 83.6 (31.3) 57.8 (13.2)
  FAI 1.9 (1.1) 1.5 (0.3) 1.1 (0.4) 1.6 (1.5)
Post-Ovulatory (L1-L8)
  Estradiol (pg/ml) 134.4 (40.8) 162.1 (74.1) 117.1 (59.2) 61.6 (14.4)
  Progesterone (ng/ml) 10.0 (4.4) 8.0 (5.8) 1.0 (0.5) 0.9 (0.5)
  Testosterone (ng/dL) 35.5 (12.5) 40.5 (14.8) 43.8 (24.2) 29.3 (16.4)
  SHBG (nmol/l) 59.9 (19.5) 85.6 (32.1) 79.4 (29.9) 52.4 (13.0)
  FAI 2.1 (1.3) 1.6 (0.4) 1.8 (0.8) 1.9 (1.1)