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Supplementary Table 1 Characteristics of male patients with hypogonadism with and without rheumatic/autoimmune disease (RAD)

From: High frequency of association of rheumatic/autoimmune diseases and untreated male hypogonadism with severe testicular dysfunction

Characteristic

Patients with RAD (N = 8)

Patients without RAD (N = 5)

P a

Age (years)

27.5 Ā± 9.5

22.2 Ā± 6.2

NS

Body mass index

23.4 Ā± 2.1

23.8 Ā± 4.5

NS

Prolactin (ng/ml)

8.8 Ā± 7.1

18.6 Ā± 8.9

NS

Testosterone (ng/ml)

1.0 Ā± 0.7

2.7 Ā± 1.2

0.0005

Estradiol-17Ī² (pg/ml)

10.2 Ā± 8.9

13.5 Ā± 18.0

NS

Estradiol-17Ī²/testosterone

9.9 Ā± 10.3

4.8 Ā± 6.1

NS

  1. Values for data are mean Ā± standard deviation. NS = not significant. aMann-Whitney U test.