Table 1.
Patients (N = 33) | Control subjects (N=33) | p value | |
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Mean age | 28.6 (7.1) | 26.8 (5.5) | 0.26 |
Male/female (% male) | 20/13 (61%) | 21/12 (64%) | 0.80 |
Mean cigarettes/day | 6.2 (8.0) | 3.7 (6.3) | 0.46 |
Mean prolactin (ng/mL) | 22.9 (19.4) | 9.8 (5.8) | 0.001 |
Mean TSH (mUI/L) | 1.8 (1.0) | 1.8 (0.9) | 0.84 |
Mean ghrelin (pg/mL)* | 1082 (516) | 1156 (304) | 0.54 |
Mean cortisol (μg/dL)** | 17.6 (6.2) | 19.1 (6.2) | 0.33 |
Mean BMI*** | 21.8 (4.3) | 23.1(2.9) | 0.17 |
For ghrelin, N=25 for patients and N=28 for control subjects.
For cortisol, N = 33 for patients and N=32 for control subjects.
For BMI, N=30 for patients and N=33 for control subjects.