Table 1.

Circulating hormone levels in treatment groups.

Androgen concentrations (Mean +/− SD) in intact (n=7) aged, and ovariectomized aged (n=8, OVX) and young (n=5, OVX) vehicle-treated female rhesus monkeys. Shown are concentrations of dehydroepiandrosterone sulphate (DHEAS, μg/dL), dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA, ng/ml), androstenedione (Adione, pg/ml), testosterone (Testost, pg/ml) and androst-5-ene-3β, 17β-diol (Adiol, ng/ml). Level of significance (P) of comparisons between concentrations of each steroid in aged and young females is shown in the right column.

	AGED		YOUNG	P (aged v young ovx)
	Intact (n=7)	OVX (n=8)	OVX (n=5)
DHEAS (μg/dL)	5.34 ± 1.05	4.63 ± 0.60	15.59 ± 2.32	<0.002
DHEA (ng/ml)	5.13 ± 1.52	6.21 ± 1.70	16.69 ± 4.55	<0.03
Adione (pg/ml)	614 ± 264	273 ± 27.3	300.8 ± 43.70	>0.5
Testost (pg/ml)	238 ± 43	190 ± 34	175.2 ± 22.33	>0.7
Adiol (ng/ml)	1.83 ± 0.33	1.96 ± 0.55	3.97 ± 0.79	<0.06