Table 3.

Serum androgen concentrations in lean and obese women. Results are expressed as means ± SD from 10 samples per group

Androgens in serum	Lean women	Obese women	p values
Androstendione, µg/L	1.1±1.4	1.4±1.6	ns
Testosterone, µg/L	0.2±0.2	0.6±0.5	<0.001
Free androgen index, %	3.5±6.4	11.7±23.3	0.001
DHEA-s, mg/L	0.6±1.3	1.9±1.9	0.004

p values are given in the table.