TABLE 2.

Descriptive statistics of hormone concentrations in girls with premature adrenarche (PA) and on-time adrenarche (mean ± SO)

	PA(n=40)	On-time (n = 36)
DHEAS (μg/dl)	78.0 ± 61.2***	30.6 ± 37.9
Androstenedione (ng/dl)	81.9 ± 36.8***	42.8 ± 32.9
Leptin (ng/ml)	22.7 ± 28.8*	12.4 ± 12.5
Testosterone (ng/ml)	0.20 ± 0.11***	0.13 ± 0.09
Cortisol mean (μg/dl)	9.2±4.1	9.1 ±4.5
Cortisol AUC (min·μg/dl)	380.8 ± 177.9	371.1 ± 192.8
Cortisol NET (min·μg/dl)	61.2 ± 113.3	47.7 ± 128.8
Estradiol (pg/ml)	5.12 ± 1.7	4.43 ± 1.4

Cortisol: mean = mean of sample 0, 20, 40 min; AUC = area under the curve; NET = net response.

^*p <0.05

^**P ≤0.01

^***P ≤0.001.