Table 1.

Serum pituitary-gonadal hormone levels before and after transplantation in the 46 male ESRD patients and 15 male controls.

Item	n	PRL (ug/L)	LH (IU/L)	FSH (IU/L)	T (nmol/L)
Control	15	8.42 ± 0.94	14.00 ± 4.01	17.00 ± 3.12	23.50 ± 4.61
Preop.	46	36.80 ± 7.30*	30.68 ± 35.58*	18.30 ± 8.01	15.58 ± 3.84*
1-2 months postop.	46	15.80 ± 2.08	20.01 ± 12.68	17.42 ± 7.24	18.77 ± 4.18
3-4 months postop.	46	9.41 ± 1.12†	13.84 ± 6.72†	16.84 ± 6.72	22.94 ± 4.86†

*P < .01 versus control group; ^† P < .01 versus preoperation.