Table 3.
Interlaboratory Control Data for Male Pubertal Assay
| Lab #1 |
Lab #2 |
Overall values |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Endpoint | Mean | SD | CV | Mean | SD | CV | Mean | SD | CV |
| Age at PPS (days) | 44.9 | 0.79 | 1.8 | 44.0 | 0.80 | 1.8 | 44.6 | 0.90 | 2.0 |
| Body wt at PPS (g) | 220.8 | 11.80 | 5.3 | 207.2 | 8.24 | 4.0 | 215.6 | 12.35 | 5.7 |
| Age at incomplete PPS (days) | 43.1 | 0.75 | 1.7 | NA | NA | NA | 43.1 | 0.75 | 1.7 |
| BW initial (g) | 56.9 | 3.02 | 5.3 | 55.2 | 2.04 | 3.7 | 56.2 | 2.77 | 4.9 |
| Final BW (g) | 285.9 | 8.28 | 2.9 | 283.4 | 8.21 | 2.9 | 285.0 | 8.14 | 2.9 |
| Liver wt (g) | 13.4 | 0.53 | 4.0 | 12.7 | 0.41 | 3.2 | 13.1 | 0.57 | 4.4 |
| Kidney wt (g) | 2.0 | 0.09 | 4.5 | 2.0 | 0.06 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 0.08 | 4.0 |
| Pituitary wt (mg) | 11.0 | 0.81 | 7.4 | 9.8 | 0.29 | 3.0 | 10.5 | 0.90 | 8.6 |
| Adrenal wt (mg) | 43.1 | 3.19 | 7.4 | 44.2 | 2.17 | 4.9 | 43.6 | 2.84 | 6.5 |
| Ventral prostate wt (mg) | 242.2 | 20.91 | 8.6 | 219.1 | 13.91 | 6.3 | 233.4 | 21.50 | 9.2 |
| Dorsolateral prostate wt (mg) | 117.4 | 9.46 | 8.1 | 166.6 | 13.60 | 8.2 | 136.1 | 26.81 | 19.7 |
| Wt SV w/CG with fluid (mg) | 645.5 | 54.96 | 8.5 | 495.6 | 61.12 | 12.3 | 588.4 | 93.17 | 15.8 |
| Wt SV w/CG without fluid (mg) | 406.0 | 20.20 | 5.0 | 259.4 | 48.82 | 18.8 | 347.4 | 80.88 | 23.3 |
| LABC wt (mg) | 528.4 | 26.55 | 5.0 | 463.7 | 77.25 | 16.7 | 503.8 | 59.57 | 11.8 |
| Right epididymis wt (mg) | 201.0 | 10.92 | 5.4 | 219.5 | 10.86 | 4.9 | 208.0 | 14.06 | 6.8 |
| Left epididymis wt (mg) | 196.4 | 10.06 | 5.1 | 214.2 | 8.68 | 4.1 | 203.2 | 12.85 | 6.3 |
| Right testis wt (mg) | 1444.1 | 75.78 | 5.2 | 1428.8 | 12.90 | 0.9 | 1438.3 | 59.69 | 4.2 |
| Left testis wt (mg) | 1420.5 | 65.10 | 4.6 | 1419.4 | 14.89 | 1.0 | 1420.1 | 51.20 | 3.6 |
| Thyroid wt (mg) | 13.6 | 1.90 | 14.0 | 11.8 | 0.64 | 5.4 | 12.9 | 1.77 | 13.7 |
| Blood urea nitrogen (BUN) (mg/dl) | 14.4 | 1.49 | 10.3 | 14.6 | 1.19 | 8.2 | 14.5 | 1.36 | 9.4 |
| Creatinine (mg/dl) | 0.1 | 0.07 | 70.0 | 0.2 | 0.05 | 25.0 | 0.15 | 0.06 | 40.0 |
| Serum T4 levels (μg/dl) | 5.7 | 0.48 | 8.4 | 5.1 | 0.51 | 10.0 | 5.5 | 0.54 | 9.8 |
| Serum TSH levels (ng/ml) | 10.8 | 2.56 | 23.7 | 8.1 | 1.34 | 16.5 | 9.7 | 2.53 | 26.1 |
| Serum T levels (ng/ml) | 2.5 | 0.66 | 26.4 | 3.1 | 0.62 | 20.0 | 2.8 | 0.68 | 24.3 |
Lab #1: n = 13; Lab #2: n = 8.
PPS, preputial separation; BW, body weight; wt, weight; SV w/CG, seminal vesicles with coagulating glands; LABC, levator ani-bulbocavernosus muscles; T, testosterone.