Table 2.

Serum sex hormone concentrations of the study subjects

	CR group (n=24)	EX group (n=24)	WD group (n=24)	Among group P
Total testosterone (nmol/L)	12.0 ± 5.31,2	18.8 ± 3.6	17.6 ± 6.3	0.0001
17β-estradiol (pg/ml)	13.9 ± 7.51	16.4 ± 3.73	21.8 ± 8.2	0.001
SHBG (nmol/L)	238 ± 1001	193 ± 62	142 ± 79	0.001
Free androgen index	5.9 ± 3.51,4	10.9 ± 4.7	15.8 ± 9.7	0.0001
Estradiol:SHBG ratio	33.8 ± 44.93	35.6 ± 20.13	62.7 ± 28.5	0.005
DHEA-S (ng/ml)	832 ± 378	829 ± 497	932 ± 468	NS

All values are means ± SD.

^1,3Significantly different from WD group

¹P≤0.004

³P≤0.05

^2,4Significantly different from EX group

²P≤0.001

⁴P≤0.05