Table 1. Hormone levels of the patients according to the months of treatment.

LH: luteinizing hormone; FSH: follicle-stimulating hormone; fT: free testosterone; tT: total testosterone; DHEAS: dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate; 17-OH PG: 17-OH progesterone, SHBG: sex hormone-binding globulin.

*p < 0.05.

	Before treatment (a)	Third month of treatment (b)	Sixth month of treatment (c)	p	Difference
LH	6.83±7.89	8.01±5.58	6.9±9.85	0.51	-
FSH	3.66±1.83	4.08±1.54	3.74±2.36	0.19	-
fT	1.64±0.5	2.24±0.98	2.23±0.88	0.01*	a-b (p=0.01)* a-c (p=0.01)* b-c (p=0.86)
tT	0.39±0.11	0.63±1.22	0.54±0.2	0,01*	a-b (p=0.01)* a-c (p=0.01)* b-c (p=0.08)
DHEAS	332.8±110.54	360.21±132.2	366.89±117.57	0.01*	a-b (p=0.01)* a-c (p=0.01)* b-c (p=0.06)
17-OH PG	2.31±1.43	2.63±2.97	2.52±1.71	0.44	-
SHBG	51.45±20.62	56.7±38.55	41.31±17.43	0.01*	a-b (p=0.16) a-c (p=0.01)* b-c (p=0.01)*