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Published in final edited form as: J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2007 Feb 6;92(4):1334–1339. doi: 10.1210/jc.2006-2501

TABLE 2.

Androgen, DHEAS, and SHBG levels

	AN − E (n = 137)	AN + E (n = 32)	HA (n = 21)	HC (n = 27)
Total testosterone (ng/dl)	22.6 ± 1.0^a	20.6 ± 1.9^a	30.7 ± 3.2	32.3 ± 2.7
Free testosterone (ng/dl)	0.32 ± 0.03^a	0.13 ± 0.03^b	0.49 ± 0.07	0.47 ± 0.05
DHEAS (µg/dl)	155.4 ± 9.9	113.4 ± 19.1^b	159.3 ± 9.4	175.5 ± 11.3
SHBG (nmol/liter)	61.8 ± 4.2	170.1 ± 19.2^b	46.5 ± 3.9	51.9 ± 3.2

Data are reported as mean ± SEM. AN − E, Women with anorexia nervosa not receiving oral contraceptives; AN + E, women with anorexia nervosa receiving oral contraceptives; HA, normal-weight women with hypothalamic amenorrhea; HC, healthy controls of reproductive age.

P < 0.05 compared with HC and HA.

P < 0.05 compared with AN − E, HC, and HA.

P < 0.05 compared with HC only.