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. 2014 Sep 30;9(9):e110203. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0110203

Correction: Prolactin Secretion in Healthy Adults Is Determined by Gender, Age and Body Mass Index

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There are errors in Table 3. Please see the corrected Table 3 here.

Table 3. Prolactin secretion characteristics in premenopausal and postmenopausal women, and men.

Men Premenopausal women Postmenopausal women ANOVA P-value Men vs postmp women. P-value Premp vs postmp women P-value
BMI 25.2±3.50 28.5±6.39 25.2±3.67 0.12
Pulse frequency (nr/24h) 19.5±4.0 18.9±4.5 21.8±3.1 0.13
Slow half-life (min) 33.2±7.8 34.3±8.3 32.4±9.1 0.80
Mode day (min) 10.9±5.2 10.4±5.1 8.1±5.6 0.29
Mode night (min) 11.2±4.8 12.8±6.4 10.4±5.4 0.92
Basal secretion (µg/L.24h) 106±57 163±138 128±82 0.73
Pulsatile secretion (µg/L.24h) 101±46 203±147 113±34 <0.001 0.30 <0.001
Total secretion (µg/L.24h) 207±82 366±188 241±82 <0.001 0.31 0.02
Mean pulse mass (µg/L) 5.3±2.53 10.6±1.17 5.17±1.77 <0.001 0.74 0.001
Lambda (pulse frequency) 18.1±3.6 17.6±3.9 19.5±3.5 0.25
Gamma (regularity, unitless) 1.943±0.352 2.017±0.433 2.138±0.427 0.06
ApEn (unitless) 1.032±0.314 0.930±0.349 1.023±0.337 0.32
Spikiness (unitless) 0.391±0.130 0.363±0.143 0.381±0.127 0.56
Mean 24 h PRL (µg/L) 4.35±1.46 7.72±3.16 5.10±2.09 <0.001 0.27 0.001
Minimum PRL(µg/L) 2.13±1.03 3.49±2.16 2.52±1.09 0.005 0.46 0.08
Maximum PRL (µg/L) 10.7±4.04 20.3±7.07 11.3±4.56 <0.001 0.75 <0.001
Fasting PRL (µg/L) 4.18±1.51 7.01±5.17 3.88±1.42 0.001 0.48 0.002

Data are shown as mean ± standard deviation. Data were logarithmically transformed before the ANOVA.

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