Table 2.

Serum pituitary-gonadal hormone levels before and after transplantation in the 32 female ESRD patients and 15 female controls.

Item	n	PRL (ug/L)	LH (IU/L)	FSH (IU/L)	E2 (pmol/L)
Control	15	15.10 ± 3.02	12.01 ± 3.84	8.42 ± 3.80	131.5 ± 22.30
Preop.	32	24.60 ± 3.80*	37.23 ± 4.56*	16.92 ± 11.30*	76.0 ± 6.30*
1-2 months postop.	32	15.68 ± 2.04	21.61 ± 9.04	12.45 ± 6.30	242.35 ± 4.08
3-4 months postop.	32	16.30 ± 1.42†	13.04 ± 2.62†	10.10 ± 7.60†	124.50 ± 27.23†

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