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Table 2 Serum hormones and scores on the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) in patients and healthy control subjects

From: Cortisol and hypothalamic–pituitary–gonadal axis hormones in follicular-phase women with fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome and effect of depressive symptoms on these hormones

 

Patients

Controls

 

Fibromyalgia

Chronic fatigue syndrome

 

Variable

(N = 68)

(N = 62)

(N = 46)

BDI score

22.48 ± 12.53*

24.18 ± 12.67*

12.48 ± 5.83

LH

7.65 ± 6.45

6.63 ± 5.89

6.88 ± 4.69

FSH

5.92 ± 4.38

6.41 ± 4.35

6.69 ± 4.87

Progesterone

4.13 ± 5.76

3.69 ± 4.18

3.78 ± 3.97

Estradiol

113.24 ± 89.48

105.52 ± 101.12

94.15 ± 59.34

Prolactin

23.34 ± 17.12

24.19 ± 16.88

19.35 ± 10.45

Cortisol

10.14 ± 6.49*

10.38 ± 5.82*

13.52 ± 6.25

  1. Values are means ± standard deviation. *Significantly different from control value (P < 0.05). FSH, follicle-stimulating hormone; LH, luteinizing hormone.
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