Table 4.
Plasma levels of the selected neuroactive steroids (ng/ml).
| Mean (SD) | Median | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Cortisol (CORT)a | Patients | 174.17 (85.1) | 181.17 |
| Siblings | 236.07 (86.22) | 245.73 | |
| Controls | 153.65 (59.46) | 153.74 | |
| Testosterone (TEST)a | Patients | 3.78 (4.21) | 1.64 |
| Siblings | 8.13 (6.03) | 8.61 | |
| Controls | 4.45 (3.93) | 4.71 | |
| Progesterone (PROG) | Patients | 0.12 (0.1) | 0.11 |
| Siblings | 0.14 (0.06) | 0.12 | |
| Controls | 0.13 (0.1) | 0.14 | |
| Dehydroepiandrostendione (DHEA) | Patients | 10.71 (5.28) | 11.72 |
| Siblings | 13.53 (6.77) | 13.05 | |
| Controls | 16.63 (10.09) | 14.81 | |
| Dihydrotestosterone (DHT)b | Patients | 0.45 (0.28) | 0.41 |
| Siblings | 1.07 (0.56) | 0.93 | |
| Controls | 0.68 (0.31) | 0.64 | |
| 11-Deoxycorticosterone (DOC) | Patients | 0.08 (0.04) | 0.08 |
| Siblings | 0.06 (0.02) | 0.05 | |
| Controls | 0.05 (0.04) | 0.05 |
Group differences: ap < 0.01; bp < 0.001.