Table 2.

Pre- and post-ovariectomy serum androgens and body weights stratified by primordial follicle tertiles. The preoperative samples were collected within 5 months of ovariectomy whereas postoperative samples were collected within 11 months of surgery. Data are given as median (range) or mean (standard error of the mean)

	Entire cohort (n = 26)	Low (n = 9)	Intermediate (n = 9)	High (n = 8)	p Value
Primordial follicle count	620 (0–4356)	52 (0–209)	641 (226–1232)	3054 (2372–4356)	<0.0001
Total testosterone (ng/ml)
Pre-ovariectomy	1.04 (0.07)	0.94 (0.08)	1.14 (0.15)	1.05 (0.16)	0.5386
Post-ovariectomy	0.74 (0.06)	0.68 (0.1)	0.76 (0.07)	0.78 (0.16)	0.7956
Androstenedione (ng/ml)
Pre-ovariectomy	2.45 (0.20)	2.32 (0.25)	2.47 (0.36)	2.59 (0.45)	0.8662
Post-ovariectomy	1.43 (0.12)	1.41 (0.15)	1.51 (0.26)	1.36 (0.22)	0.8846
Body weight (kg)
Pre-ovariectomy	3.63 (0.09)	3.57 (0.13)	3.69 (0.16)	3.64 (0.22)	0.8745
Post-ovariectomy	3.59 (0.12)	3.50 (0.17)	3.71 (0.20)	3.54 (0.28)	0.7681