TABLE 3.
Recovery for each steroid hormone.
| Steroid hormones | Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spiked amount (ng/ml) | Mean detected (ng/ml) | Mean recovery (%) | Spiked amount (ng/ml) | Mean detected (ng/ml) | Mean recovery (%) | Spiked amount (ng/ml) | Mean detected (ng/ml) | Mean recovery (%) | |
| Aldosterone | 0.50 | 0.48 | 96.2 | 2.00 | 2.09 | 104.7 | 8.00 | 8.36 | 104.7 |
| 18OH corticosterone | 0.50 | 0.50 | 108.9 | 5.00 | 4.70 | 94.4 | 20.00 | 20.20 | 101.1 |
| Cortisone | 1.50 | 1.40 | 92.3 | 30.00 | 29.60 | 98.7 | 150.00 | 151.90 | 101.3 |
| Cortisol | 7.50 | 7.48 | 99.8 | 30.00 | 32.13 | 107.1 | 120.00 | 131.81 | 109.8 |
| 21-Deoxycortisol | 0.50 | 0.47 | 94.0 | 2.00 | 2.02 | 101.2 | 8.00 | 8.20 | 102.5 |
| Corticosterone | 0.50 | 0.47 | 94.3 | 2.00 | 1.95 | 97.5 | 8.00 | 7.63 | 95.4 |
| 11-Deoxycortisol | 0.50 | 0.48 | 96.5 | 2.00 | 2.10 | 104.8 | 8.00 | 8.39 | 104.8 |
| Androstenedione | 0.50 | 0.54 | 108.9 | 2.00 | 2.18 | 109.2 | 8.00 | 7.64 | 95.6 |
| 11-Deoxycorticosterone | 0.50 | 0.49 | 97.0 | 2.00 | 2.18 | 109.0 | 8.00 | 7.86 | 98.3 |
| Testosterone | 0.50 | 0.47 | 93.2 | 2.00 | 1.95 | 97.5 | 8.00 | 7.74 | 96.8 |
| Androstenediol | 5.00 | 5.40 | 108.9 | 30.00 | 28.90 | 96.3 | 100.00 | 106.20 | 106.2 |
| DHEA | 200.00 | 216.90 | 108.5 | 800.00 | 851.40 | 106.4 | 3,200.00 | 3,168.73 | 99.0 |
| 17α-OHP | 0.50 | 0.46 | 91.7 | 2.00 | 2.01 | 100.4 | 8.00 | 7.89 | 98.6 |
| 17OH-pregnenolone | 1.50 | 1.60 | 106.7 | 15.00 | 14.40 | 96.2 | 150.00 | 142.20 | 94.9 |
| Dihydrotestosterone | 0.50 | 0.48 | 96.2 | 2.00 | 1.99 | 99.8 | 8.00 | 7.85 | 98.1 |
| Progesterone | 2.50 | 2.35 | 94.1 | 10.00 | 10.16 | 101.6 | 40.00 | 40.51 | 101.3 |
| Pregnenolone | 7.50 | 7.49 | 99.8 | 30.00 | 27.82 | 92.8 | 120.00 | 115.73 | 96.5 |