Table 3 Study group baseline pubertal hormone levels. Observed range for each study group is shown, as is 5th–95th percentile reference range of healthy prepubertal volunteers [20].
From: LH Dynamics in Overweight Girls with Premature Adrenarche and Slowly Progressive Sexual Precocity
| GROUP | LH (IU/L) | FSH (IU/L) | E2 (pg/mL) | Total T (ng/dL) | Free T (pg/mL) | SHBG (nM) | A'dione (ng/dL) | 17OHP (ng/dL) | PROG (ng/dL) |
DHEAS ( g/dL)
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
PA 
| ||||||||||
| Mean |
0.15
|
1.7
|
6.4
|
15.6
| 3.7 | 23 | 42.0 | 35.9 | 25.0 | 67 |
| SEM | 0.00 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 2.5 | 0.6 | 6.1 | 7.9 | 5.4 | 0.0 | 12 |
| Range |
 0.15
| 0.9–2.8 |
 5.0–8.0
|
 10–26
|
 2.0–6.0
| 8–54 |
 25–80
|
 25–64
|
 25
| 28–103 |
SPPOPA 
| ||||||||||
| Mean |
0.15
|
1.6
| 9.6 | 16.2 | 4.8 | 17 | 45.2 | 26.2 | 25.3 | 62 |
| SEM | 0.00 | 0.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 1.2 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 10 |
| Range |
 0.15
| 0.9–2.9 |
 5.0–19
|
 10–21
|
 2.0–8.0
| 2–23 | 36–59 |
 25–31
|
 25–26
| 35–87 |
OW-PUB 
| ||||||||||
| Mean | 2.1 | 3.7 | 24.8 | 27.4 | 6.6 | 24 | 74.1 | 48.4 | 25.4 | 40 |
| SEM | 0.71 | 0.8 | 6.5 | 4.5 | 1.1 | 3.2 | 15.2 | 8.8 | 0.4 | 7.4 |
| Range |
 0.15–5.8
| 0.5–6.2 |
 5.0–53
| 14–47 | 4–10 | 9–40 | 29–149 |
 25–91
|
 25–28
| 11–72 |
Prepubertal 
| ||||||||||
| Reference Range |
0.15
| 0.4–2.4 |
 5.0–8.0
|
10
|
2.0
| 16–58 |
 25–43
|
 25–52
|
25
|
 5–42
|
-values versus OW-PUB: 
.- E2 (estradiol); T (testosterone); SHBG (sex hormone binding globulin); A'dione (androstenedione); 17OHP (17-hydroxyprogesterone); PROG (progesterone); DHEAS (dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate).
- Conversions to SI units: E2
3.61 
pmol/L; Testosterone 
0.0347 
nmol/L; Free testosterone 
3.47 
pmol/L; A'dione 
0.0349 
nmol/L; 17OHP 
0.0303 
nmol/L; PROG 
0.318 
nmol/L; DHEAS 
0.0271 
mol/L.
-values versus OW-PUB: 
.
3.61 
pmol/L; Testosterone 
0.0347 
nmol/L; Free testosterone 
3.47 
pmol/L; A'dione 
0.0349 
nmol/L; 17OHP 
0.0303 
nmol/L; PROG 
0.318 
nmol/L; DHEAS 
0.0271 
mol/L.