Table 2.
Effects of age, gender, and the interaction of age and gender on neurosteroid levels
| DHEA
|
DHEA-S
|
Pregnenolone
|
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F | P-value | F | P-value | F | P-value | |
| Age effect | 23.776 | <0.001a | 53.140 | <0.001a | 12.734 | 0.001a |
| Sex effect | 4.268 | 0.041a | 8.624 | 0.004a | 0.688 | 0.409 |
| Interaction of age and sex | 1.917 | 0.169 | 1.703 | 0.194 | 0.002 | 0.967 |
Notes: Data are computed using MANCOVA.
a
P<0.05.
Abbreviations: DHEA, dehydroepiandrosterone; DHEA-S, dehydroepiandrosterone-sulfate; MANCOVA, multivariate analysis of covariance.