. 2018 Dec 26;104(3):934–946. doi: 10.1210/jc.2018-01143

Table 3.

Pearson Correlations of the Incremental Area Under the Curve for Inflammation Markers During the Cream Challenge Test With Circulating LH and Androgens

		Plasma LPS iAUC	TLR-4 mRNA Content iAUC	TLR-4 Protein Content iAUC	Plasma TNFα iAUC	SOCS-3 mRNA Content iAUC	SOCS-3 Protein Content iAUC
Combined groups
LH, iU/mL	r	0.20	0.14	0.09	0.05	0.03	0.44
LH, iU/mL	P	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS	***
Testosterone, ng/dL	r	0.34	0.14	0.15	0.14	0.09	0.29
Testosterone, ng/dL	P	*	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS
Androstenedione, ng/mL	r	0.24	0.13	0.23	0.20	0.48	0.55
Androstenedione, ng/mL	P	NS	NS	NS	NS	***	****
DHEA-S, μg/dL	r	0.15	0.15	0.34	0.03	0.20	0.04
DHEA-S, μg/dL	P	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS
Testosterone AUC^a	r	0.49	0.11	0.26	0.14	0.18	0.34
Testosterone AUC^a	P	***	NS	NS	NS	NS	*
Androstenedione AUC^a	r	0.38	0.24	0.33	0.26	0.46	0.49
Androstenedione AUC^a	P	**	NS	*	NS	***	***
17OHP AUC	r	0.02	0.09	0.14	0.19	0.34	0.36
17OHP AUC	P	NS	NS	NS	NS	*	*
PCOS
LH, iU/mL	r	0.04	0.19	0.09	0.30	0.57	0.18
LH, iU/mL	P	NS	NS	NS	NS	*	NS
Testosterone, ng/dL	r	0.39	0.02	0.22	0.28	0.25	0.14
Testosterone, ng/dL	P	*	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS
Androstenedione, ng/mL	r	0.14	0.07	0.04	0.09	0.24	0.52
Androstenedione, ng/mL	P	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS	*
DHEA-S, μg/dL	r	−0.23	−0.28	−0.25	−0.07	−0.61	−0.09
DHEA-S, μg/dL	P	NS	NS	NS	NS	***	NS
Testosterone AUC^a	r	0.51	0.26	0.26	0.44	0.01	0.003
Testosterone AUC^a	P	*	NS	NS	*	NS	NS
Androstenedione AUC^a	r	0.21	0.21	0.27	0.13	0.16	0.41
Androstenedione AUC^a	P	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS	*
17OHP AUC^a	r	−0.33	−0.29	−0.07	−0.06	0.02	0.24
17OHP AUC^a	P	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS

*P < 0.05; **P ≤ 0.01; ***P ≤ 0.001; ****P ≤ 0.0001.

Abbreviations: DHEA-S, dehydroepiandrosterone-sulfate; NS, not significant.

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HCG-stimulated AUC.