| |
Parameters
|
| Delivery |
Testosterone |
PSA |
|
| Full-term |
6.11 ± 4.62 (n = 42) |
1.31 ± 1.65 (n = 7) |
| |
4.71 ± 2.56 (n = 7) |
|
| Preterm |
19.16 ± 18.29 (n = 29) |
0.53 ± 0.40 (n = 9) |
| |
14.44 ± 7.94 (n = 7) |
|
Adult |
3.42 ± 1.85 (n = 5) |
2.92 ± 2.63 (n = 5) |
|
| *Values are expressed as micrograms per millimole of urinary creatinine (mean
± SD). |
| Adult urine samples were obtained from 5 healthy individuals aged in
their thirties. |
| Testosterone levels (the lower values) selected from the data points
at each PSA peak. |
| For statistical differences, testosterone levels in early infancy (the
upper values) were compared with full-term and preterm delivery results using
Student's paired t test (P < .01). |
