Table 2.
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 |
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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) |
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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.