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.
Reference
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