Table 1.

Hormonal and metabolic parameters of subjects with FHA under study

	LH mIU/mL	FSH mIU/mL	E2 pg/mL	T ng/mL	PRL ng/mL	TSH µIU/mL	fT4 ng/dL	Cortisol nmol/L	DHEAS µmol/L	Insulin µU/mL	Glucose mg/dL	Total Cholest mg/dL	LDL mg/dL	HDL mg/dL	Triglic mg/dL	CRP mg/L	BMI (kg/m²)
All patients (n = 71)	1.7 ± 0.1	4.3 ± 0.2	16.4 ± 1.5	0.2 ± 0.01	8.4 ± 0.5	1.7 ± 0.08	1.2 ± 0.05	458.6 ± 16.6	7.2 ± 0.2	5.9 ± 0.3	84.6 ± 1.0	191.7 ± 4.1	100.8 ± 4.3	79.7 ± 2.6	73.5 ± 3.3	1.1 ± 0.4	19.8 ± 0.2
Hypo-LH (n = 58)	1.2 ± 0.1	4.0 ± 0.2	16.8 ± 1.7	0.2 ± 0.01	8.0 ± 0.6	1.6 ± 0.09	1.2 ± 0.07	466.6 ± 18.7	7.1 ± 0.2	6.1 ± 0.3	84.6 ± 1.2	191.3 ± 4.4	103.6 ± 4.8	76.4 ± 2.5	73.2 ± 3.6	1.2 ± 0.5	19.7 ± 0.2
	****	***		*										**
Normo-LH (n = 13)	4.1 ± 0.1	5.6 ± 0.5	15.0 ± 3.7	0.3 ± 0.04	10.0 ± 1.2	1.9 ± 0.2	1.2 ± 0.05	402.5 ± 33.4	7.5 ± 0.6	5.0 ± 0.5	83.7 ± 0.2	197 ± 11.1	89.0 ± 8.4	97.2 ± 7.8	75.0 ± 8.3	0.4 ± 0.1	19.8 ± 0.2

****p < 0.000001; ***p < 0.001; **p < 0.005; *p < 0.01 vs normo-LH patients