Table 3.

Correlations between concentrations of hormones associated with the pituitary–gonadal axis

	LH	FSH	Testosterone	Estradiol	HCG	PRL
Active disease
First control point—before orchiectomy
LH	1.0	0.92393	−0.63824	−0.64714	−0.67406	−0.36690
FSH	0.92393	1.0	−0.64079	−0.79251	−0.72811	−0.48402
Testosterone	−0.63824	−0.64079	1.0	0.63215	0.62279	0.40277
Estradiol	−0.64714	−0.79251	0.63215	1.0	0.84003	0.66343
HCG	−0.67406	−0.72811	0.62279	0.84003	1.0	0.56137
PRL	−0.36690	−0.48402	0.40277	0.66343	0.56137	1.0
Second control point—1 month after orchiectomy—patients with active disease
LH	1.0	0.93580	−0.25795	−0.51236	−0.65898	−0.28004
FSH	0.93580	1.0	−0.38360	−0.63227	−0.75261	−0.30979
Testosterone	−0.25795	−0.38360	1.0	0.61473	0.35639	0.30749
Estradiol	−0.51236	−0.63227	0.61473	1.0	0.68578	0.30295
HCG	−0.65898	−0.75261	0.35639	0.68578	1.0	0.25110
PRL	−0.28004	−0.30979	0.30749	0.69001	0.25110	1.0
Free of disease
Second control point—1 month after orchiectomy—patients free of disease
LH	1.0	0.83210	−0.09518	−0.31178	−0.47824	−0.05733
FSH	0.83210	1.0	−0.13473	−0.30350	−0.47802	−0.10608
Testosterone	−0.09518	−0.13473	1.0	0.24555	0.12947	0.03140
Estradiol	−0.31178	−0.30350	0.24555	1.0	0.42551	0.14004
HCG	−0.47824	−0.47802	0.12947	0.42551	1.0	0.22823
PRL	−0.05733	−0.10608	0.03140	0.14004	0.22823	1.0
Third control point—1 year after treatment completion
LH	1.0	0.83956	−0.12871	−0.19528	0.06883	0.08902
FSH	0.83956	1.0	−0.18038	−0.21381	0.09891	0.04118
Testosterone	−0.12871	−0.18038	1.0	0.52583	−0.11595	0.24094
Estradiol	−0.19528	−0.21381	0.52583	1.0	−0.20111	0.07692
HCG	0.06883	0.09891	−0.11595	−0.20111	1.0	0.14737
PRL	0.08902	0.04118	0.24094	0.07692	0.14737	1.0

Bold font indicates strong and very strong correlations, for all p < 0.0001