Table 1.
Attribute | Women | Men | P- value |
---|---|---|---|
Number | 85 | 45 | |
Age (yr) | 38 (20–77) | 47 (21–77) | 0.005 |
BMI (kg/m2) | 30.7 (18.3–49.8) | 25.3 (20.6–36.3) | 0.001 |
IGF-I (nmol/L) | 16.6 (9.1–37.7) | 17.0 (9.9–32.1) | 0.41 |
Testosterone (nmol/L) | N/A | 16.6 (9.6 –24.7) | N/A |
Estradiol (pmol/L) | 107 (5–497) | N/A | N/A |
Mean GH (mU/L) | 1.4 (0.15–8.8) | 0.9 (0.3–5.7) | 0.025 |
Free T4 (nmol/L) | 14.7 (12–20) | 15.0 (10.6–17.3) | 0.98 |
Data are median (range). P-values were calculated with the Kolmogorov-Smirnov test. N/A: not applicable. Mean GH was calculated from the average of 145 10-min blood samples.