Table 1. The results of the steroid profile MS measurement for patients with androgen deficiency(AD) and control group.

Parameter

Control group

Group with AD

p-value

Cortisol, nmol/l

215.1(196.2, 300.6)

344.3(284.5, 410)

0.003878

11-Deoxicortisole, nmol/l

0.63(0.57, 0.82)

0.63 (0.40, 0.79)

0.6142

Corticosterone, nmol/l

4.27(3.21, 7.80)

8.90(5.71, 14.86)

0.03233

DHEAS, µmol/l

5.64(4.21, 8.0)

3.83(2.78, 5.44)

0.03809

Testosterone, nmol/l

0.93(0.77, 1.04)

0.67(0.56, 0.96)

0.03931

Androsten-3,17-dione, nmol/l

4.52(3.31, 4.99)

3.18(2.48, 4.27)

0.05872

17-a-OH-progesterone, nmol/l

1.24(0.69, 1.87)

0.93(0.65,1.84)

0.5225

Dihydrotestosterone, pg/ml

122.4(121.9, 224.4)

94.3(76.6, 190.8)

0.246

Progesterone, nmol/l

0.74 (0.67, 7.55)

1.13 (0.82, 4.05)

0.2805