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. 2019 Jun 20;104(10):4347–4355. doi: 10.1210/jc.2019-00828

Table 1.

Baseline Characteristics

Testosterone (n = 42) Placebo (n = 46) P Value
Clinical characteristics
 Age, y 28 ± 7 27 ± 7 0.29
 Weight, kg 49 ± 5 50 ± 6 0.43
 BMI, kg/m2 18.3 ± 1.8 18.3 ± 1.5 0.89
 Duration of AN, y 12 ± 8 11 ± 7 0.93
 AN subtype: restricting/binge-purge, % 67/33 72/28 0.65
 MDD, % 64 59 0.66
 GAD, % 74 67 0.64
 Psychiatric medication use, % 71 76 0.64
 Current amenorrhea, % 19 24 0.61
 Estrogen statusa: replete/deplete, % 76/24 70/30 0.47
 Combination oral contraceptive pill use, % 17 28 0.21
Hormone measurements
 Total testosterone, ng/dL 26 ± 15 24 ± 14 0.42
 Free testosterone, ng/dL 0.4 ± 0.2 0.4 ± 0.2 0.85

Data are mean ± SD unless otherwise indicated.

a

Estrogen replete is defined as having menses or taking exogenous estrogen within the last 3 mo, whereas estrogen deplete is defined as having no menses or exogenous estrogen within the last 3 mo.