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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Mar 3.
Published in final edited form as: Horm Res Paediatr. 2016 Mar 3;85(4):242–249. doi: 10.1159/000444169

TABLE 1.

TABLE 1A. Clinical Characteristics of Adolescents and Young Adults with Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia (CAH) Due to 21-Hydroxylase Deficiency and Controls (data presented as mean ± SD).
CAH (N = 20) CONTROL (N = 20) P-VALUE
Gender (Female) 10 10 N/A
Age (yr) 16 ± 3.3 16.5 ± 2.4 0.56
Weight (kg) 65.3 ± 18.4 70.2 ± 23.2 0.47
Height (cm) 158 ±11.3 163.5 ± 9.75 0.11
Height SDS −0.88 ± 1.19 −0.22 ± 1.38 0.12
Body Mass Index (BMI) (kg/m2) 26.5 ± 8.7 26.2 ± 8.6 0.93
BMI SDS 0.81 ± 1.17 0.73 ± 1.18 0.82
Body surface area (m2) 1.68 ± 0.26 1.77 ± 0.31 0.30
Waist circumference (cm) 81.5 ± 14.9 83.5 ± 16.5 0.69
Waist-to-height ratio 0.52 ± 0.11 0.51 ± 0.10 0.78
Heart rate (beats per minute) 74.3 ±15.8 70.6 ± 9.8 0.42
Systolic blood pressure (mm Hg) 113 ± 12.6 113.5 ± 10.2 0.89
Diastolic blood pressure (mm Hg) 62 ± 11.3 61.4 ± 8.3 0.86
Total Cholesterol (mg/dL) 158.7 ± 32.4 149.9 ± 28.0 0.36
LDL (mg/dL) 86.3 ± 19.7 89.1 ± 27.3 0.71
Triglycerides (mg/dL) 74.3 ±33.9 119.8 ± 94.9 0.02
HDL (mg/dL) 55.1 ± 12.4 47.0 ± 10.8 0.03
TABLE 1B. Clinical Characteristics of Adolescents and Young Adults with Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia (CAH) Due to 21-Hydroxylase Deficiency (N = 28; data presented as mean ± SD).
Glucocorticoid dose in hydrocortisone equivalents (mg/m2/day) 19.5 ± 5.5
Fludrocortisone dose (mg/day) 0.1 ± 0.06
17-OHP (ng/dL) 5677.3 ± 7803.9
Androstenedione (ng/dL) 198.7 ± 200.4
DHEAS (mcg/dL) 27.9 ± 39.9 (females) 45.2 ± 26.2 (males)
Total testosterone (ng/dL) 21.4 ± 14.2 (females) 412.4 ± 225.6 (males)
Free testosterone (pg/mL) 4.1 ± 3.7 (females) 63.6 ± 34.8 (males)