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. 2021 Jun 9;12:689387. doi: 10.3389/fendo.2021.689387

Table 2.

Laboratory values of case patient 1.

Biochemistry/Age 3 months 2.0 years 3.0 years 5.5 years 7 years 13.5 years 14.5 years 15 years 15.5 years 16.3 years 25 years
TSH [mU/L]
(0.59–4.23)
3.83 NA 3.912 2.281 1.584 2.54 4.5
fT4 [pmol/L]
(11.7–22.5)
14.9 16.5 13.2 13.57 16.0
fT3 [pmol/L]
(3.79–6.05)
4.0 7 5.3 5.23 7.1
IGF-1 [μg/L] 312 (high) 141 103 89.4 128
IGFBP3 [mg/L] 4.6 5.02 5.89 2.67
GH (basal/peak) [μg/L] 2.9 0.199/2.76
(arginine)
0.515/1.76
(L-DOPA)
LH [U/L] <0.1 0.665 0.566 1.32 4.6
FSH [U/L] 0.919 2.2 2.27 1.64 2.2
Cortisol (basal/peak)* [nmol/L] 40.7/54 12/21 171
ACTH [pmol/L]
(<10.20)
<2.2
PRA [μg/L/h] 0.24 (low) 0.54
Insulin (basal/2 h) [mU/L] 4.3 2.5/37.4
Glucose (basal/2 h) [mmol/L] 3.7 3.4 3.1/7.0 22.7
Androstendion [nmol/L]
(0.7–10.8)
1.47
DHEA-S [μmol/L]
(3.6–12.9)
0.0 1.6
SHBG [nmol/L]
(18–114)
67.0
Testosterone, total [nmol/L] 0.0 0.0 0.05 2.5 33.7
Testosterone, free [pmol/L] 64.4
Total cholesterol
[mmol/L] (<5.2)
4.1 4.5 4.2 3.2 5.6 4.1 6.1 4.5
LDL [mmol/L] (<3.4) 2.5 2.7 2.6 1.9 3.0 2.7 3.1 2.9
HDL [mmol/L] (>1.3) 0.5 0.9 1.0 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.8 1.0
Triglycerides [mmol/L] (<1.7) 2.1 2.0 1.2 1.4 4.0 2.8 10.7 1.4
Pubertal status A1, P1 A1, P1 A1, P1 A1, P1 P2 A1, P2
Testicular volume [mL] 1-2 2 2 3 1-2 8-10 15

Reference values are stated in brackets. *Peak values were obtained 60 minutes after stimulation with synthetic ACTH 125 µg and 250 µg intramuscularly at 3 months and 2 years, respectively, value obtained while on substitution with hydrocortisone.