Serum sex hormone concentrations in patients with multiple sclerosis and controls
| Women | Men | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Follicular phase | Luteal phase | ||||||||
| MS (n = 35) | Controls (n = 18) | p Value* | MS (n = 35) | Controls (n = 18) | p Value* | MS (n = 25) | Controls (n = 18) | p Value* | |
| Values are mean (SD). | |||||||||
| *By Student’s t test. | |||||||||
| DHEAs, dehydroepiandrosterone sulphate; FSH, follicle stimulating hormone; LH, luteinising hormone. | |||||||||
| FSH | 5.61 (3.7) | 8.29 (7.2) | 0.08 | 3.42 (2.7) | 3.92 (2.0) | 0.49 | 4.65 (1.6) | 6.23 (3.5) | 0.06 |
| LH | 5.03 (2.1) | 5.53 (3.1) | 0.50 | 4.52 (9.4) | 6.60 (7.9) | 0.42 | 4.51 (2.7) | 4.49 (1.8) | 0.99 |
| Oestradiol | 82.54 (87.1) | 56.22 (44.5) | 0.24 | 80.17 (52.4) | 150.94 (165.6) | 0.02 | 41.40 (13.2) | 47.50 (15.8) | 0.18 |
| Testosterone | 0.49 (0.1) | 0.58 (0.1) | 0.03 | 0.47 (0.1) | 0.63 (0.1) | 0.0001 | 3.68 (1.0) | 4.08 (1.0) | 0.20 |
| DHEAs | 2.06 (1.2) | 2.61 (1.4) | 0.14 | 2.01 (1.2) | 2.48 (1.0) | 0.16 | 2.63 (1.0) | 2.41 (0.8) | 0.43 |
| Progesterone | 0.66 (0.2) | 0.82 (0.3) | 0.04 | 6.39 (7.6) | 7.03 (7.0) | 0.77 | – | – | – |