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Table 4 Study group wake and sleep gonadotropin and estradiol 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 (U/L)

FSH (U/L)

Estradiol (pg/mL)

 

Mean Wake

Peak Sleep

Mean Wake

Peak Sleep

Mean Wake

Peak Sleep

PA

      

Mean

0.16

0.50

1.3

2.1

7.6

5.5

SEM

0.01

0.22

0.13

0.56

0.88

0.5

Range

0.15–0.20

0.15–1.8

0.85–1.7

1.0–5.2

5.0–10.5

5.0–8.0

SPPOPA

      

Mean

0.15

0.68

1.4

2.0

13.1

7.9

SEM

0.00

0.17

0.20

0.41

3.1

1.3

Range

0.15–0.17

0.15–1.2

0.72–1.9

1.1–3.0

5.5–23.0

5.0–12.0

OW-PUB

      

Mean

2.6

5.3

4.0

4.4

25.5

28.9

SEM

0.89

1.7

0.87

0.88

4.4

7.2

Range

0.15– 6.9

0.15–13.5

0.68–7.2

0.60–6.8

10.5–43.7

7.0–63.0

Prepubertal

      

 Reference Range

0.15

0.15–0.85

0.40–1.6

0.5–3.0

5.0–16.0

5.0–9.0

  1. -values versus OW-PUB: .05, .01.