Evaluation of Sex Hormone Levels in Patients with Pemphigus Vulgaris in Comparison to the Healthy Population

Table 3

The mean serum levels of sex hormones in the menopausal and nonmenopausal participants in each study group.

Group		Mean	Std. deviation	Std. error of mean	value
Patients
FSH (mlu/ml) nonmenopause; Menopause	13; 13	27.0254; 65.8238	30.97540; 17.48541	8.59103; 4.84958	0.001
LH (mlu/ml) nonmenopause; Menopause	13; 13	12.9608; 25.6162	15.16710; 9.95006	4.20660; 2.75965	0.019
PRL (ng/ml) nonmenopause; Menopause	13; 13	28.0000; 13.7538	24.84720; 5.23635	6.89137; 1.45230	0.054
TESTO (ng/ml) nonmenopause; Menopause	13; 13	0.2031; 0.2923	0.17231; 0.22924	0.04779; 0.06358	0.273
DHEA (μg/ml) nonmenopause; Menopause	13; 13	57.6923; 50.4615	82.01360; 50.58098	22.74648; 14.02864	0.789
EST (pg/ml) nonmenopause; Menopause	13; 13	63.1769; 45.2615	26.14381; 15.55986	7.25099; 4.31553	0.044
PROG (ng/ml) nonmenopause; Menopause	13; 13	0.4615; 0.4646	0.27300; 0.21812	0.07572; 0.06050	0.975
DHT(pg/ml) nonmenopause; Menopause	13; 13	174.7692; 253.4615	38.65694; 151.31678	10.72151; 41.96772	0.091
Controls
FSH (mlu/ml) nonmenopause; Menopause	13; 13	9.8746; 62.0277	14.46606; 25.96901	4.01216; 7.20251	<0.001
LH (mlu/ml) nonmenopause; Menopause	13; 13	7.2146; 22.3300	10.72106; 9.50744	2.97349; 2.63689	0.001
PRL(ng/ml) nonmenopause; Menopause	13; 13	12.6615; 18.5692	6.75691; 13.94300	1.87403; 3.86709	0.182
TESTO (ng/ml) nonmenopause; Menopause	13; 13	0.4777; 0.3338	0.27782; 0.20851	0.07705; 0.05783	0.148
DHEA (μg/ml) nonmenopause; Menopause	13; 13	127.4615; 55.0769	79.34483; 32.10000	22.00630; 8.90294	0.008
EST (pg/ml) nonmenopause; Menopause	13; 13	103.8846; 43.2923	61.54456; 13.91633	17.06939; 3.85969	0.004
PROG(ng/ml) nonmenopause; Menopause	13; 13	1.8308; 0.3923	2.83661; 0.25824	0.78673; 0.07162	0.093
DHT(pg/ml) nonmenopause; Menopause	13; 13	240.3077; 201.7692	74.82355; 77.16341	20.75232; 21.40128	0.208

PRL: prolactin; TESTO: testosterone; DHEA: dehydroepiandrosterone; EST: esteradoil; PRO: progesterone; DHT: dihydrotestosterone.