Table 1.

Sex hormone levels in RA patients and healthy controls.

	RA patients (n=79)	Healthy control (n=50)	P-value
Age (years)	57.07 ± 4.763	55.69 ± 4.127	0.505
BMI (kg/m2)	22.92 ± 2.93	23.59 ± 3.15	0.475
Menopause n (%)	46(58.23)	28(54)	0.637
E2 (pmol/L)	18.35(18.35-39.10)	24.98(18.35-31.63)	0.323
T (nmol/L)	0.11(0.09-0.53)	0.61(0.28-0.67)	0.028*
PROG (ng/ml)	0.15 ± 0.12	0.24 ± 0.46	0.235
FSH (mIU/ml)	57.58 ± 15.94	43.11 ± 19.46	0.025*
LH (mIU/ml)	35.25 ± 15.16	25.08 ± 14.69	0.128
PRL (Uiu/ml)	329.0(277.43-420.15)	237.85(196.78-344.30)	0.143

All data are expressed as mean ± SD or median (interquartile range). *p < 0.05.