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Table 1 Circulating adrenal hormone levels for infants treated with dexamethasone for CAH.

From: Low-Dose Dexamethasone Therapy from Infancy of Virilizing Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia

Hormone

 

Normal prepubertal levels*

Infants with CAH

Fold increase

17-OHP

(ng/dL)

40 (3–100)

780 238

20-fold

 

(nmol/L)

1.4 (0.09–3)

23.4 7

 

Androstenedione

(ng/dL)

25 (8–50)

42 10

1.7-fold

 

(nmol/L)

1 (0.32–2)

1.4 0.3

 

Testosterone

(ng/dL)

5 (3–10)

11.5 3

2.2-fold

 

(nmol/L)

0.17 (0.1–0.3)

0.4 0.1

 
  1. From Esoterix Laboratory Services, Inc.