Table 2.

PRE (Baseline), POST (T3), and Change Scores (Δ) of hormonal markers

	Total Testosterone (ng.ml−1)
Time	Placebo	3 g.d−1	6 g g.d−1
PRE	6.03 ± 1.48	6.95 ± 1.44	5.85 ± 1.10
POST	6.07 ± 1.35	6.91 ± 1.71	5.12 ± 1.16
Δ	0.05 ± 0.80	−0.03 ± 0.68	−0.74 ± 0.95*
	Free Testosterone (pmol.l−1)
	Placebo	3 g.d−1	6 g g.d−1
PRE	439.62 ± 132.64	534.88 ± 127.65	429.13 ± 93.98
POST	480.87 ± 133.48	524.25 ± 101.67	363.38 ± 78.09
Δ	41.25 ± 52.48	−10.63 ± 66.31	−65.75 ± 79.25*
	Estradiol (pmol.l−1)
	Placebo	3 g.d−1	6 g g.d−1
PRE	118.50 ± 20.91	117.56 ± 30.58	107.50 ± 24.22
POST	125.12 ± 23.88	112.5 ± 34.51	104.75 ± 34.03
Δ	6.63 ± 14.94	−5.06 ± 19.52	−2.75 ± 23.46
	SHBG Pre (nmol.l−1)
	Placebo	3 g.d−1	6 g g.d−1
PRE	34.56 ± 16.55	32.56 ± 10.72	33.56 ± 11.82
POST	30.38 ± 12.39	32.88 ± 12.53	33.75 ± 10.98
Δ	−4.19 ± 5.90	0.31 ± 4.29	0.19 ± 1.46
	Albumin (g.l−1)
	Placebo	3 g.d−1	6 g g.d−1
PRE	46.38 ± 2.08	45.06 ± 2.60	45.50 ± 1.49
POST	44.75 ± 1.67	45.00 ± 2.33	45.50 ± 2.56
Δ	−1.63 ± 1.33	−0.06 ± 1.82	0.00 ± 2.35

Data is presented as: mean ± standard deviation.

*statistically significant (P < 0.05).

PRE values are an average of T1 and T2.